There is no formal Winter Recruitment at UCLA, but there will be formal Spring Recruitment with 75% of the chapters participating -- yes, 3/4 of the 12 groups! Only GLOs who will have a full Spring pledge class (whatever # they need to get to total) will be participating in the formal portion. There may be additional groups who only have a few spots and will COB. (I don't have actual #s on each group, nor would I have the authority to publish if I did know.)
With the quarter-system at UCLA, vs. semester-system at the majority of colleges/universities, there are always students who are able to complete their degree one quarter early and get a job before the larger amount of graduates in May/June.
While having Spring Rush due to early graduation is not the norm at most schools, it's a fantastic chance for women who may have gotten overlooked in Fall Rush, or who weren't familiar with Greek Life prior to college, to become part of a sorority. And, Spring Recruitment allows the chapters to find new, super-enthusiastic members for larger chapter #s going into Fall.
So, if anyone IS interested in going thru a more relaxed recruitment, this is a great opportunity. Schedule is planned parties, but (hopefully) less stress since there might be 100 PNMs participating in Spring, as opposed to nearly 10 times that in Fall!
Now would be a great time to see if you have classes with sorority members, express interest in going thru Spring Recruitment, get recommendations, and study hard to improve your GPA.
Contact UCLA Greek Life for more information:
http://www.greeklife.ucla.edu/prospe..._moreinfo.aspx