fall 2003 recruitment only...4months away!!!

trisigmaAtl · #1 03-31-2003, 03:02 PM

ok, I know it's soooooo early to start posting about fall recruitment, but since my school has recruitment 3 weeks into the fall semester (EARLY!!) we have already started planning!! I am sooo excited because it's my first recruitment as a sister and b/c i was a COB i'll see my first pref. Our recruitment cooardinator (spelling?) is an awesome siter who already has so much awesome stuff planned, we are so ahead of the game and I am psyched!!!

We also have a prospective student weekend this week which is when all accepted students come and stay with student hosts, there are a lot of Greek activities that all the orgs have with the new students this week and since we spend so much time with the new freshman it's considered the opening of the formal recruitment period. All our recruitment counselors go nuetral starting tomorrow and all sorority members must attend a panHel meeting where all the rules of formal recruitment are read (so no dirty rushing). It's my first chance to talk to girls and "cleanly" show them how awesome it is to be greek. I'm sorry if i have an over abundence of Sigma spirit. This week is also my initiation week and big/lil week so we're all feeling very sisterly right now. Is anyone else preparing for the fall yet? i understand if it is ridiculously too early to ask this question, I just wanted to share!!!

CutiePie2000 · #2 03-31-2003, 03:06 PM

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Originally posted by trisigmaAtl
We also have a prospective student weekend this week which is when all accepted students come and stay with student hosts, there are a lot of Greek activities that all the orgs have with the new students this week and since we spend so much time with the new freshman it's considered the opening of the formal recruitment period.

U of Washington does something similar!

http://students.washington.edu/panhe...ekweekend.html

oceanphi01 · #3 03-31-2003, 05:04 PM

Our school has Formal Recruitment in the fall as well. It starts the Friday evening before school starts with Meet the Greeks, where all the fraternities and sororities come out and the newbies can meet them. Our actual parties start the first day of classes, which this year is August 25th. Yeah, we start early...but it works.

hopefulgreek · #4 03-31-2003, 05:53 PM

Ohh! I get to start first! HAHa! It'll be my first on this side and it'd going to be SO much work (But I want my little SOON)... Pride week is the 10th of August and rush starts the 18th! Yeah! Happy to move into the house!
*mk* UF, Alpha Chi Omega

smiley21 · #5 03-31-2003, 09:01 PM

i think recruitment at university of north florida is on august 25th. i am so excited that it is almost here. i am working my butt off to make sure the my grades are ready. i am doing summer school to.

no more school please!!! well i will do anything to make sure that i have a successful rush thread in four and a half months!

oceanphi01 · #6 03-31-2003, 11:58 PM

Is it just me, or do the schools in Florida do formal recruitment REALLY early? Hehehe. What's up to all those Florida schools!

Kevin · #7 04-01-2003, 01:58 AM

According to our recruitment chair we already have 10+ who'll be incoming freshmen ready to sign.

Fewdfreak · #8 04-01-2003, 08:42 PM

At Iowa we have rush a week before school starts which I think is early but works well with scheduling and is good because the girls don't have to worry about schoolwork during rush. I think this year rush starts August 18th or close to that.

L.

sugar and spice · #9 04-01-2003, 08:54 PM

Last year, when I went through rush, we had it the second week of school, and it went on for two full weeks. This year will be my first formal rush on the other side, and I THINK it starts the first week of school (it might be the second) and is much shorter, maybe a week, or a week and a half at the most.

I'm really excited.

BlondeGurl · #10 04-04-2003, 07:09 PM

Our Formal recruitment is going to start 3 weeks into the semester in the fall. I think Panhellenic is doing this so that we can get our numbers up. We are also starting to plan for formal and I am sooo excited. I went through last fall and I am sooo excited to go through on the other side. Our recruitment officer has sooo many awesme ideas. I know we are going to be the best! (i know that sounds bad but i have so much excitemnet and spirit i cant help but feel that way) I LOVE RECRUITMENT !!!

nauadpi · #11 04-04-2003, 07:54 PM

Northern Arizona University has sorority recruitment the week before classes start...So I am pretty sure for this year that means it starts on Aug. 20th...

honeychile · #12 04-04-2003, 11:21 PM

I remember, as Rec Chairman, receiving over 20 recs for fall rush prior to the end of the spring term! No pressure there...!!!

honeychile

AUDeltaGam · #13 04-05-2003, 12:09 AM

I have all of ya'll beat! Recruitment at Auburn starts August 10 and goes until the 16th. It is the week before school starts!

trisigmaAtl · #14 04-06-2003, 11:16 PM

Blondegurl: Yeah, for Tri Sigma spirit!!!!!!

I just wanted to say that we had our prospective student weekend and it went soooo well!!!!! we had a fundraiser and lime green t-shirts and we were everywhere!!!! we met so many great girls and I think we really made a good impression on alot of them. I just hope that impression sticks over the summer!!!
I hope all the other schools that have these kind of weekends also got the chance to make greek life look as great as it is!!!

slamit93 · #15 04-07-2003, 06:13 PM

our sorority recruitment is the week before school, so I believe August 11-15, and Fraternity rush is the 18th-22nd... Last semester we got our largest pledge class in 15 years, and I intend to beat that this year... I actually finally have a decent budget to work with, and we figured out the recipe for success last year... it also helps that we have 5 younger brothers enrolled next semester... I'm shooting for 25... If I can pull that off, we will be above 60, when we were at 22 one year ago.