UGa Recruitment Starting!

[momof4girls]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

No harm, no foul. The spreadsheet is looking messy; I will keep working on it. This is fun for me! I'm learning all sorts of stuff today.

Helping out your spreadsheet cause. I'm an alumni of Texas A&M University - Commerce and parents do not attend bid day.

[momuga]

I went to bid day at UGA several years ago, but my daughter was pledging my sorority and the house I lived in while I attended college. It is not the norm for parents to go. Parking on Milledge is at BEST a frickin' nightmare.

I heard from daughter this am. Quota is probably upwards of 60 - due to large number of PNMs. Good luck to everyone!

[southern1]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Hmmm...according to that thread, parents DON'T go to bid day at UGA. That's from UGA sorority members.

Last year a friend of mine who is a UGA ADPi went bid day when her daughter pledged ZTA at UGA. I saw the photos she took. I don't know if that's the norm or not but I know for a fact at least one mom went to UGA last year for bid day.

[wareagle93]

Originally Posted by momuga

I went to bid day at UGA several years ago, but my daughter was pledging my sorority and the house I lived in while I attended college. It is not the norm for parents to go. Parking on Milledge is at BEST a frickin' nightmare.

I heard from daughter this am. Quota is probably upwards of 60 - due to large number of PNMs. Good luck to everyone!

The whole street is a nightmare haha...it gets really crazy there and you have all the "frat stars" either driving by honking their horns 20 times a minute or a few hundred sitting in chairs right across the street from the houses. I always look forward to the youtube videos from Milledge on bid day.

I'll post as soon as I find out where my cousin and her best friend got bids!

[Football Fan]

University of Southern California has an established Greek system. Some chapters on the row have been active for 90 years or more. Bid Night begins at around 8 o'clock in the evening. Parents do not come for this event.

Parents and family do attend the Presents Ceremonies in October which are pictured on CC in another thread. Also, I think there are Mother-Daughter events and Father-Daughter events which take place later in the year.

[Eightisgreat]

Since I am the one that started the Mom @ Bid Day thread that is referenced here, I will share what my current experience has been in regard to this at UT Austin. Based on feedback from my daughter's RA, and the mom's of my daughter's roommate and suitemates, they ALL plan to attend bid as long as each young women makes it that far. Most said they would go either way....bad results...hit the movies...good results...celebration. Will any of us camp out? No. But be there...yes. As a matter of fact, I can' think of any mom I have spoken with who has a daughter going through recruitment that is not going to be there. Maybe it is just changing at UT. For me I yield to what my DAUGHTER wants. She wanted me close by for the good, the bad, or the ugly. Some moms and daughter just have that bond where it is the phone call that is made first. I don't think that makes me a helimom (although I have put my toe in the pond on occassion) as much as it makes me a compassionate mother who wants nothing but the best for her child. If she wants me there, and I can make it work...then so be it.

[BraveMaroon]

Back to the topic at hand...it's nearly 5PM ET. Has UGA indicated quota and whether all 17 sororities hit that number? I know Bid Day starts at 6. Where and when are the PNMs congregating?

I am here in Oswego, NY for work - keeping my fingers crossed for my sisters and the other women on South Milledge.

[wareagle93]

Should here sometime between 6:00-6:30 or so. There is so much happening on Milledge during bid day and it depends when the buses arrive and which one my cousin and her friend are on. Stay tuned!

[DoctorD]

Alpha Gamma Delta - 77 new members according to my advisor source.

[Regina Filangie]

AOII got 72 new girls at UGA according to their Facebook page! It didn't say what quota was

[wareagle93]

Wow, looking at twitter, I didn't realize Mississippi State had their bid day tonight as well.

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by Eightisgreat

Since I am the one that started the Mom @ Bid Day thread that is referenced here, I will share what my current experience has been in regard to this at UT Austin. Based on feedback from my daughter's RA, and the mom's of my daughter's roommate and suitemates, they ALL plan to attend bid as long as each young women makes it that far. Most said they would go either way....bad results...hit the movies...good results...celebration. Will any of us camp out? No. But be there...yes. As a matter of fact, I can' think of any mom I have spoken with who has a daughter going through recruitment that is not going to be there. Maybe it is just changing at UT. For me I yield to what my DAUGHTER wants. She wanted me close by for the good, the bad, or the ugly. Some moms and daughter just have that bond where it is the phone call that is made first. I don't think that makes me a helimom (although I have put my toe in the pond on occassion) as much as it makes me a compassionate mother who wants nothing but the best for her child. If she wants me there, and I can make it work...then so be it.

as it should be! our families come first!

[lilybeth3]

the countdown is on....cannot wait to see what happens for everyone.

[Mamaviolet]

Sigma Kappa at UGA has 71 wonderful new girls.

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by Mamaviolet

Sigma Kappa at UGA has 71 wonderful new girls.

Fantastic!!! Thanks for the update - now I can get a little work done.