U Ark Rush results
 

I'm happy to see that numbers were up for the second year in a row.

Dunno if the table would format correctly, so here is the link:

University of Arkansas Fall 2005 Rush

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I'm so glad to see that numbers were up AGAIN this year. Being greek at the UofA was such a special expierence for me and my sister is was part of the tradition this year :)

That's great! Being from Arkansas I had tons of friends go to U of A and most of them were greek. I loved my weekends in Fayetville and the greek scene there!

thats awesome numbers are up....i think now they are allowing another GLO on ampus it will only increase

Does anyone have a comment on Arkansas adding a new chapter when one consistently isn't reaching quota? I thought that that was ususally not done. Does that chapter usually reach total through COB?

Maybe I'm the wrong person to respond to this, since my org is the one coming onto campus next year, but here goes...

When I was in school, we had 3 struggling GLOs (it was a very HUGE system) and a new one was brought on. The 3 struggling ones closed, and the new one thrived. This was because PNMs would have dropped out rather than accept a bid from the struggling chapters. Sometimes a new one doesn't have to battle a poor reputation, and therefore is a more realistic option for a PNM. (The theory being that no reputation is better than a poor reputation.) I am not saying it is right, but I think it is the case sometimes. I guess if everyone involved has exhausted the possibilities to revive the struggling chapter, it is the right thing to do for the PNMs. I think on some campuses though, PH rushes to allow a new group and therefore kills the existing one.

I have no idea what the situation is for the group you are referring to, and I certainly hope that AOII's presence on campus does NOT harm that group further. Hopefully a new group will energize the whole Greek system and everyone involved will benefit.

Very true. This was the case with 2 different schools that I pretty familiar with. Women were more than willing to join a newly colonized group with no stigma rather than join an existing group that had been struggling.

While I don't have any "official" word here to add, I will say that normally, PNMs would rather drop out than go to the chapter with low numbers (and yes, I know it's ADPi with the low numbers). I've seen this happen time and time again on the few campuses with which I'm familiar.

I do know that on one campus, ADPi closed the chapter with the understanding that, even if someone else colonizes, ADPi WILL be recolonizing in 4-5 years.

I have heard of that happening as well. I wonder though, does that mean that the org can come back without the campus being open for expansion?

I thought several years back KD was also struggling?? They seem to be doing fine now. Maybe ADPi would have a better chance of making quota if quota is lower? Who knows. But I think it's great that AOII is coming to campus!

I was told a couple of years ago that KD, as the newest, was having a hard time but a mom of a PNM from this year tells me that they've really soared lately! Yea to KD!

As an alum, I definitely think that what hurts Arkansas' sororities is that, like at many large schools, many many PNMs aim for a certain group of chapters and if they don't get one of them, they transfer or don't pledge....even though their remaining choices are fabulous. Since I was there, 3 great groups have folded and a fourth came back (they were there in the thirties or forties) but they folded again. I wish the best of luck to AOII--they're using some unusual colonizing strategies and I pray that they'll succeed wonderfully!

What does that mean? Are you referring to the amount of time we are taking?

Pray do tell...I know that they wanted to start the PR Blitz early on to get AOII's name out on the U or AR campus.

Also, is ADPi at AR not making quota because they are being picky or because they are not matching up girls? I think there is a difference in the two because I know a few houses at Ole Miss that would rather miss quota by a few and be more selective. Just wondering.

The way y'all are getting your name all around first and carefully setting the scene! :D

I think with ADPi doesn't make quota simply because so many girls think they have to be in one or two "top" houses. So the first house they drop is ADPi. Or that's the case with girls from my hometown. The year my class went through rush every single girl who was "popular" from my hometown pledged only two sororities. Since they only pref two houses up there, they all went to pref at the same two houses and half ended up one place and half the other. They were never interested in anything else. I don't know what I would have done if I had to fo U of A.