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Originally posted by BrownEyedGirl
I have great news about USC - EVERY chapter took quota!! This is the first time in five or so years that some chapters have taken quota, and the first time I can remember that EVERYONE has matched quota. I am so THRILLED that all of the chapters' hard work paid off.
ZTA received 51 fabulous new members - one of the best pledge classes I've ever seen! I was at Bid Day on the Horseshoe with all of the sororities, and I saw LOTS of smiling faces.
Part of this Panhellenic success may be due to the fact that this year USC used (from what I've been told) a new system that required the sororities with higher return rates to cut more girls early on. The result was fewer women at their pref parties, but less disappointed PNM's - the sororities got the girls they really wanted, and the PNM's had a realistic perspective and a chance to get to know other chapters. Hope that all makes sense.
Anyway, way to go USC! I'll be up at Clemson tomorrow helping with Pref and then I'll fill y'all in on their Bid Day (even if it is ACC!) on Wednesday.
**EDITED TO CLARIFY: Quota at the University of South Carolina was 48.
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I actually was the one to make a motion during sorority council for that new system. I'm so glad that things have FINALLY improved. I wish that it wasn't before losing two chapters, but it makes me feel good that something has changed for the better. What it does is rearrange the numbers so that the sororities that normally have high return rates invite less girls back... it makes them think long and hard about the girls that they REALLY want to take, so that girls get cut sooner and can think about more "realistic" choices. Sorry if that's blunt. It's a really good system, and I was a little nervous that it wouldn't work, but apparently it did, at least this year. Hopefully next year it will work just as well once there are 9 sororities again. :-)
And can I say... that picture does not do justice to ZTA's house!!! It is even MORE beautiful inside. Their website might still have pictures, but I recommend going inside it if you ever have the chance. I've never been inside Kappa's or Alpha Chi's, but I've been inside all the rest, and they will make anyone drool. Definitely worth the struggle that these women and men went through to get there!
As far as I know, all the lots are full. We were told there would be a Phase II, however, but I'm not sure if that was just a rumor, because I'm not quite sure where there's land to put it. All of the sororities (including Gamma Phi) now have lots, but a few of the fraternities are still waiting. I can think of 3 off the top of my head, but there may be one or two more that I'm forgetting about. And as far as I know, it's "first come, first serve" as far as who will get the next lot, if one ever opens. But there is TONS of paperwork that has to be done first.