Recruitment Results Fall 2003

SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi · #1 09-04-2003, 03:25 PM

Wow, it seems like we Alpha Xi Deltas have been quiet on here lately, or is it just me?? Anyhow, happy Fall to all, and welcome back!! I have some early recruitment results:

Rho at Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln
Quota 42
AXD Pledged 44

Alpha Kappa at Kansas St. Univ.
Quota 43
AXD Pledged 43

Sigma at the Univ. of Iowa
Quota 35
AXD Pledged 11
(This sounds small, but this is the best this chapter has done in years and we should be so proud of them!!! They are definitely on the move back up.)

Gamma Eta at Georgia Tech
Quota 34
AXD Pledged 34

Zeta Xi at Auburn Univ.
Quota 55
AXD Pledged - matched 38, 24 accepted
(Note here: Our Auburn women decided before recruitment this year -- pretty bravely, I think -- to be very, very selective, particularly in terms of grades, and ended up cross-preffing only the "top" houses ('though I hate using that term). This is a tough result for them in terms of numbers, but the right thing for Zeta Xi as a chapter. The women they pledged are all absolutely top-notch, bar none. And of course they're continuing to COB, but with those same high standards in mind.)

Theta Sigma at Univ. of Central Florida
Quota 69
AXD Pledged 69

Has anyone heard anything else?

fuzzie · #2 09-04-2003, 05:57 PM

I don't have anything to add as far as New Members, I just wanted to say thanks for sharing the info.

TFJ
Mindy

PinkRose1098 · #3 09-04-2003, 09:32 PM

I just wanted to echo what SoProud said about Zeta Xi. As an alumna (very scary) of this chapter I was there helping with recruitment and it was very hard on bid day but our new members are wonderful. I also have been told that these girls so far have at least ten new member swaps, so yeah for them! I love and admire my sisters for choosing to show the rest of the chapters on our campus that we are not afraid to say no to girls that we don't feel exemplify our spirit and would not be an asset to the chapter.

AlphaXiGirl · #4 09-08-2003, 09:42 AM

Hot off the presses at Georgia State:

Quota was 15 and we got it!!!! Three chapters received quota, one chapter received quota plus 1 and one chapter did not receive quota.

tfj-1893 · #5 09-08-2003, 08:26 PM

Congratulations to all of our wonderful chapters!
It sounds like things are going very well so far this year!
I can't wait to hear from the rest of the country!

FuzzieAlum · #6 09-09-2003, 06:55 PM

What are new member swaps?

AlphaXiGal · #7 09-11-2003, 05:24 PM

West GA had another very successful recruitment. We pledged quota plus last year (first time ever in our existence).

We pledged 20 this year (quota was 21). We are now the 2nd largest chapter on campus with 65 members (8 over campus total).

rocketaxid · #8 09-12-2003, 09:38 AM

University of Toledo

quota was 6

we matched 5

4 signed

because of low number across the boards, obviously with quota only being six, our formal recruitment will no longer be before school starts.

We love all of our new girls its just a unamious panhel wide that quota only being six is not worth formal recruitment so next year it will be a couple of weeks into the school year.

bekibug · #9 09-18-2003, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
What are new member swaps?

Pledge swaps, if you will (only we're not supposed to call them pledges anymore). I'm so jealous--we only had 4, and I only got to go to one.

bekibug · #10 09-18-2003, 02:24 PM

I've heard from the AXiD community on LiveJournal.com that we tend to be trending low nationally. Nobody's really sure why. But I figure that by getting more girls that want to be Alpha Xi's than getting girls to match quota will really help foster a deep love for AXiD and turn us into an even stronger group. So here's to all our new members nationwide!

FAUNikki · #11 09-18-2003, 07:37 PM

Sorry to barge into your forum, but at my school Alpha Xi Delta (Theta Iota Chapter) was the only sorority on campus to get quota AND they are the first to get TOTAL!!! Congrats to them and all of their hard work!

(BTW, Florida Atlantic University doesnt have a big greek system so thats really really great for them to do that!)

tfj-1893 · #12 09-19-2003, 08:07 AM

Hi Ladies!
I just saw the comment about a "downward" trend for Alpha Xi Delta. I've seen the numbers from across the country & definately don't see that trend! In fact, I've seen an upward trend - especially for some chapters who have had troubles in the past!
Just wanted to give you an update!

TFJ

AlphaXiGirl · #13 09-19-2003, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by FAUNikki
Sorry to barge into your forum, but at my school Alpha Xi Delta (Theta Iota Chapter) was the only sorority on campus to get quota AND they are the first to get TOTAL!!! Congrats to them and all of their hard work!

(BTW, Florida Atlantic University doesnt have a big greek system so thats really really great for them to do that!)

Thank you so much for the kind words... I love your PH spirit!

As for the downward trend thing... I don't see that at all. I have been so impressed by the success of our chapters in recruitment. Across the entire country, we've done well and for the chapters that didn't do as well as they would like, they are getting help from their AF, Specialists, and their AED. If anyone wants to see the numbers or doubts that we are growing and strong, take a look at Jane Sutton's state of the fraternity address from convention. http://www.alphaxidelta.org/convention.asp

alfuzzxi · #14 09-19-2003, 11:41 PM

Wow, it's really exciting that to hear that everyone is having a great recruitment! My chapter received quota through formal recruitment-- and we also picked up 9 more wonderful new members throught COB. We are really excited and nervous about having a new member class of 17!

Star · #15 09-22-2003, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by bekibug
Pledge swaps, if you will (only we're not supposed to call them pledges anymore). I'm so jealous--we only had 4, and I only got to go to one.

So what are pledge/new member swaps? We didn't have anything like that at my chapter.