University of Southern California Recruitment 2013
 

The Greek system is 116 years old at SC. Alpha Chi Omega was established at the university in 1895. Ten chapters will participate in formal recruitment which begins with orientation on August 25th. At last report over 750 women have registered for sorority recruitment.

Panhellenic welcomes Alpha Gamma Delta. The chapter is returning and will recruit members after the completion of formal recruitment.

Schedule:

August 25th
Mandatory orientation

August 27th, 28th and 29th
Conversation days
By the 29th women will have visited all ten chapters

August 30th
Chapter house tours
Women will visit up to seven chapters by invitation

August 31st
Slideshow day
Women will visit up to four chapters by invitation

September 1st
Preference morning
Women will visit up to two chapters by invitation

September 1st
Bid night
Women will receive bids and return to chapter houses for a celebration

Sorority Presents will take place on October 17th during Parents' Weekend. New members will wear long white dresses for presents.

Excited about this one! I have a rec girl going through who is a double legacy at another chapter. Can't wait to find out where her home will be :-)

SC's Greek system is long established. The chapters may have more legacies than places in the new member classes.

She will be a great sister no matter where she joins. She's well prepared and is keeping an open mind about all of the chapters. Her sister rushed at another competitive school last fall so I think she has a very good idea about what she's getting herself into.

I just have to giggle a bit as I stalk the various schools and their current and upcoming recruitment schedules......so 116 years and, as of today, 750 registered PNM's vs U of Alabama with 2000+....Wow. Good Luck to SC greek community! Here's to a great recruitment!

USC currently has around 850 registered, but that number should increase significantly after the freshmen move into their dorms on Wednesday.

So excited!

Is it because USC is a private university? When I was researching universities to apply to I couldn't believe how many students the state universities had. They all had more undergraduates than the population of the town I grew up in!

What, exactly, is your point? I'm not sure of your intent, but you are coming across as extremely disrespectful of USC. If you think their numbers are low, you might want to consider that Los Angeles has a metric shit ton more of interesting things to do than Tuscaloosa. Their numbers in comparison to Alabama do not negate the strong traditions that are alive on their campus.

Also, you may want to consider undergraduate enrollment. From a quick google search, I found about 17k at USC and 28k at Alabama.

Glad you posted this. I found her words annoying too.

You're welcome.

I'll add my thanks. I was offended as well but I get a giggle out of USC's outstanding academic excellence and fabulous traditions. The freshmen class profile is unbelievable!

Enrollment Numbers
 

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There is quite a difference in freshmen enrollment numbers comparing the two freshmen classes. Statistics are from the University of Alabama Common Data Set and from the University of Southern California letter to alumni from Dr. M. Nikias, President of the University of Southern California. Freshmen will not be enrolled at USC until late August.

The University of Alabama is the state flagship. It was founded to serve the citizens of that state. USC is a private university and has the largest number of international students than any other U.S. university.

Alabama had 6,371 freshmen enrolled in the 2012-2013 class. USC expects about 2925 to enroll later this month. Roughly 1470 are women. Alabama had 26, 409 apply for the freshmen class in 2012. USC had 46,104 applicants from 8, 441 different high schools/prep schools.

Test score statistics will not be released for enrolled students at SC until October. Admitted students SAT composite for the class entering is 2040 to 2250.

Both of these universities are a source of pride for their alumni. Both have long established Greek systems with unique traditions. From a historical viewpoint these Panhellenic systems have survived through world wars, depression, economic booms and recessions.

Best wishes for a highly successful recruitment at Alabama and Southern California.

Apples and Oranges
 

This is not really my issue to weigh in on (as I did not attend either university), but just from the children of friends/work colleagues who have applied to USC, I think it needs to be recognized that SC is a TOUGH school as far as admissions go. There may be a perception out there that USC = "The University of Spoiled Children," but admissions are tough, and so are the academics.

Just as an example, a friend's daughter who had over a 4.0 (thanks to AP courses), a good number of activities, and pretty competitive SAT scores got waiting listed for SC, and was ultimately not offered a slot (she did end up at UC Santa Barbara).

I also know from friends who attended there that the Greek system is extremely strong, and recruitment is considered extremely competitive.

I am certainly not knocking Bama. I just got the feeling (like several other posters) that the comments about the number of girls signed up from recruitment made Bama somehow a "stronger" school than SC.

I have no connection to either school, either. I do know enough about both Greek systems that I would cast no aspersions on either one. Both have competitive recruitments. In fact, from a football perspective, this Tennessee Vol could do without both schools. I do wonder what BeachMom's personal experience is with either attending an SEC school or sorority membership. I know she has posted that her daughter is a sorority member at UGA. I giggle at helicopter parents.

Is it wrong that all I can think of is something along the lines of it isn't the size that matters...?

Seriously though. Just because there are fewer women signed up now, the number will get bigger closer to recruitment, doesn't mean that it is less competitive. I mean UGA, LSU, and all the Texas schools have smaller numbers than Alabama, but that doesn't make them less competitive. Also should look at percentages.

Right now a little over half of the freshman women are signed up for recruitment if the numbers are right (850/1470 =.578.).

Now with the 2012/2013 class at Alabama being 6,371 and the school reporting 54% female we can estimate that there were around 3440 freshmen women. Now the last number I heard signed up for recruitment this year was 2113. IF these numbers are any where near correct that would mean that 61% of freshmen women signed up for recruitment.

58% vs 61% not that much difference.