Oklahoma State University- Aug. 4-10

Football Fan · #1 08-03-2013, 01:52 AM

Last year OSU had Panhellenic Recruitment later in August. Around 850 were registered. This August recruitment begins on August 4th. New members will receive their bids on August 10th.

Best of luck to all potential new members. This may be one of the earliest recruitments for 2013.

Katmandu · #2 08-03-2013, 08:08 AM

OSU is always early.

Lovethesand · #3 08-03-2013, 11:22 AM

It was early August last year too. Bid Day was on a Sat and then welcome week for Freshman starts Mon. The following week school starts. OSU is early.

irishpipes · #4 08-03-2013, 12:35 PM

OSU is the first this year (besides Kettering in Michigan which has some weird trimester thing or something and started in July.)

Seems like OSU, Auburn, and Troy always were the earliest but Auburn has delayed a bit ths year.

Btw, I think "OKU" was a typo in the OP because no school in Oklahoma uses that acronym.

arrowlady · #5 08-03-2013, 03:12 PM

Is that number for OSU down a little from last year?

I have several rec girls going thru at OSU again this year, so will be keeping up with this recruitment..

Good Luck to all

ChioLu · #6 08-03-2013, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by irishpipes

OSU is the first this year (besides Kettering in Michigan which has some weird trimester thing or something and started in July.)

Seems like OSU, Auburn, and Troy always were the earliest but Auburn has delayed a bit ths year.

Btw, I think "OKU" was a typo in the OP because no school in Oklahoma uses that acronym.

Especially since the end of OU's fight song, "Boomer Sooner" ends with "Rah Oklahomaaaaaaaaaah ... OKU!"

irishpipes · #7 08-03-2013, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ChioLu

Especially since the end of OU's fight song, "Boomer Sooner" ends with "Rah Oklahomaaaaaaaaaah ... OKU!"

Definitely would NOT hear that being sung in Stilly! Lol

pbear19 · #8 08-03-2013, 08:52 PM

Total registered PNMs last year was 861, with 851 in the open house pool.

Lovethesand · #9 08-03-2013, 09:04 PM

I think this was posted somewhere else but I'm reposting under the OSU thread:

http://union.okstate.edu/panhellenic...ok2013_000.pdf

Page 6 of the guide discusses recommendation letters:

"Recommendations may be considered in the membership selection process. The Panhellenic Council highly suggests that you have a recommendation letter for each of our 12 chapters;however, this is not required."

Learn more about the recommendation process (separate document posted online):

http://union.okstate.edu/panhellenic/Documents/RecommendationLettersUpdated_000.pdf

"While we do recommend having one recommendation letter per chapter, many women attend recruitment at OSU without any recommendation letters and join chapters. The current Panhellenic President is a great example. She did not have a single recommendation letter! Remember, if a recommendation letter is required, the organization is responsible for soliciting it."

There are going to be a few snowflakes who think this applies to them.

TriDeltaSallie · #10 08-03-2013, 10:09 PM

Highlighting an outlier is a big mistake, IMHO.

irishpipes · #11 08-07-2013, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pbear19

Total registered PNMs last year was 861, with 851 in the open house pool.

It's down just a little this year - 840 registered.

Lovethesand · #12 08-07-2013, 02:03 PM

According to actives the PNMs this year are allowed to have their cell phones with them throughout the day (safety issue). Last year the cell phones were collected in the morning and returned at the end of the day's activities.

lovespink88 · #13 08-07-2013, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Football Fan

The typing error has been corrected.

Last year recruitment began on August 5th and Bid Day was August 11th. According to the local newspaper all 12 chapters achieved quota of 61 or more new members. The paper posted 754 women received bids. The placement percentage was nearly 90%.

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Originally Posted by pbear19

Total registered PNMs last year was 861, with 851 in the open house pool.

Wow those are great numbers! Isn't the number matched at many schools 70%-80%? (And I am speaking strictly about number of women who register vs number of bids...NOT number of women attending preference vs number of bids).

Katmandu · #14 08-07-2013, 06:57 PM

There is no upper class quota, and upperclass women do get bids. The numbers are great!

Lol about the cell phones... We were on total communication lockdown back in the day and without cells and the phones in the rush dorm turned off, we were really isolated communications wise for the week unless we snuck a phone in an admin building...and no time for that. They gave your parents an emergency panhel # if they had to communicate a family situation. How did we escape being ravaged? Kidnapped?

Also I lol at the pic of current pnms with their purses and bags. Purses were grandma dowdy in the early 70s. You put your money for beer and phone in your shoe and you were good to go.

DeltaBetaBaby · #15 08-07-2013, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Katmandu

Also I lol at the pic of current pnms with their purses and bags. Purses were grandma dowdy in the early 70s. You put your money for beer and phone in your shoe and you were good to go.

We had those little ID holders with the keys attached, so you put your cash and your ID in them, and if you didn't have pockets, you just slipped it into the back of your pants with the keys hanging out. The best part is that almost all of us had the ones with letters on them, so if you lost it, someone now had your keys and a big note telling them which house it would unlock.