2008-09 SEC Recruitment Thread

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by shadden

I am very curious to hear the final numbers for UGA. I have several friends with daughters going through rush, and one was cut out after round 2, with another being cut by the house where she was a triple legacy after round 2. Many of their friends dropped out today after invites to only 1 or 2 parties after round two. These are freshmen. On the other hand two of my daughter's friends are sophomores going through, and they have had full rounds of parties for second and third round - not what I would have expected. My daughter is hearing that quota might be around 63. Seems like an add year at UGA.

That does sound a little odd about the sophomores, but it's great for them! Maybe they may have made a lot of friends in the groups last year. Didn't last years bid list show that many of the groups did keep a couple of sophomores? (okay, not many, but http://www.uga.edu/panhellenic/Libra...cement2007.htm)

The legacy thing isn't really surprising or odd depending on which group it was. I think since some groups have to cut so many legacies, it's pretty common. As far as I know, I've never heard that the number of legacy connections makes any difference to the group. And if we're honest, it probably wouldn't to the girl either if it was a group she didn't like.

I think that there are typically more than a hundred girls who drop out at UGA, maybe even a couple of hundred. There are far more drop outs that cut outs, and it seems like it happens after second and third round.

At least these days they can make last minute adjustments to quota to still place girls and allow groups to make quota too.

[KSUViolet06]

About legacies being cut, I know from being around GC that UGA gets alot of legacies going through and that some of the chapters have so many that they could potentially fill quota with just legacies so they cannot keep them all.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

About legacies being cut, I know from being around GC that UGA gets alot of legacies going through and that some of the chapters have so many that they could potentially fill quota with just legacies so they cannot keep them all.

I realize looking back I seemed callous saying, "since they have to cut so many," but you've said what I meant. Since they know they have to cut legacies even to get to quota, on some level it's probably better to let the ones who aren't likely to be on your first bid list go early while they can still look at other groups.

[FSUZeta]

she's still in the running, so that's good. they like her, or they would not have invited her to prefs. if she likes them and would like to receive a bid from them, she should share her feelings with them at the pref. party. fingers crossed for her!

[baci]

Big day at UF! Good Luck all.

[jwright25]

Originally Posted by UGAMOMof4

What are the chances of her being matched? She's scared!

Pretty good.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by UGAMOMof4

DD got cut from my sorority this morning and only got invited back to one house for prefs. What are the chances of her being matched? She's scared!

I'm sorry things happened this way. It probably very hard for both of you.

If your daughter likes the house she has left, she should go and express her interest, as FSUZeta said. There's no way of knowing her chances really but they may be a lot better than just thinking of it as 1/3 of having three parties.

I hope it works out for her.

[Just interested]

Does Georgia not have Quota Additions if you follow all the rules and make it to pref?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Just interested

Does Georgia not have Quota Additions if you follow all the rules and make it to pref?

I'm no expert or official, but here's what I think:

In the past, they've had quota additions, but they don't guarantee bids even if you maximize apparently. So, it's possible that a girl could just be too far down the bid list to make it even if she maximizes, especially if she only preffed one house and has only one place she can be added.

On the other hand, she does have a better chance than just regular bid matching would allow if she's close to the point on the list at which the group made quota.

(Up until last year, I though that QAs meant that a girl would be matched no matter what if she maximized, but not at UGA at least.)

[BBelleADPi]

Update on my rec girl at UGA.

She's a direct legacy to Delta Zeta (grandmother), Delta, Delta, Delta (mother), and Zeta Tau Alpha (sister.)

She has a had a fabulous rush!

Today she is preffing at 3 awesome chapters; a bid from any of these will be wonderful!

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by BBelleADPi

Update on my rec girl at UGA.

She's a direct legacy to Delta Zeta (grandmother), Delta, Delta, Delta (mother), and Zeta Tau Alpha (sister.)

She has a had a fabulous rush!

Today she is preffing at 3 awesome chapters; a bid from any of these will be wonderful!

Are those the chapters she is preffing?

[BBelleADPi]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Are those the chapters she is preffing?

One of them is!

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by BBelleADPi

One of them is!

Excellent! I didn't mean to pry so much as I was astonished that after all we hear about legacy cuts that she had kept them all.

[BBelleADPi]

Sorry-I didn't mean to imply that she was preffing all her legacy chapters-I should have clarified!

[shadden]

Glad to hear that rush is going well for some - I continue to hear that a very high number of girls have dropped out or been cut out this year - many after 2nd or 3rd round. Maybe it is just that more I know personally have had bad luck. Just went up for prefs at my house and it was beautiful - my heart just hurts for the girls who have been disappointed by the process.