Otterbein General Recruitment Thread

[PhoenixAzul]

hehe, man its hard to get the slang out here. It's funny because the NPC stuff I've picked up from the board sneaks into my language at Otterbein!

Signed independent-- when women sign their preference card, they may choose not to join a sorority at this time for whatever reason. To indicate this, they fill in "independent" as their first choice, and go on their merry way.

Where this gets sticky is the culture of suiciding (Single intention preference). I know that 80% of my pledge class suicided my sorority. It happens a lot, way too much in my opinion.

So a girl signs XYZ as her first choice, then signs "independent". If she doesn't get XYZ, she's independent.

After that happens, two things can occur in her favor.
1) she's put on the "did not match" list, which goes to the chapters after bid matching. Any chapter not at quota may chose to extend her a bid. She obviously doesn't have to accept, but there it is.
2) she may be extended a bid off quota the following year.

It's sorta complicated and scenario 1 doesn't happen that often at all.


I really wish girls would list more than 1 chapter, because I truly and honestly think that they can be happy in at least 2 chapters here...but there's no real repercussions for doing SIP.

[knitsnpurls]

Oh okay, that all makes sense now. Thanks for the explanation

[FSUZeta]

yes, thank you for the explanation. it sounds like a good idea to have pnms indicate that they will remain independent.

[UGAalum94]

FSUZeta, I agree. Having to writing in independent might make the potential results of SIPing that much more stark.

[PhoenixAzul]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

FSUZeta, I agree. Having to writing in independent might make the potential results of SIPing that much more stark.

Yep. My freshman year, we had an unusually high number of girls sign independent at the end of rush. Many of them ended up pledging or rushing again their sophomore year.

I just really wish girls would think about it more . I can kinda hear the grumblings of "I only want ____ or nothing!", not so much from my group, but from talking to the other PX's, it's there. That's gotta be nipped in the butt right now.

Plus we've got misinformation going around that's reached the greek life adviser. Apparently, someone started a rumor about how sororities will be unable to take pledge classes if they are caught drinking in front of PNM's. Not true. Actives are not allowed to drink in any situation where PNM's or potential PNM's are present (fraternity rush parties, house parties unaffiliated w/ the sorority, etc). It's a violation of a) campus policy--dry campus. b) rush rules--no alcohol at any rush function/anything that could be a potential rush situation c) panhellenic rules of interaction w/ pnms--possiblity of dirty rushing is high. It won't *necessarily* cause a chapter to lose its pledge class, but it will be dealt with as an infraction and sent to the United Greek Governing Board. There will be sanctions, but the loss of a pledge class is one of the most severe punishments that can be given, and isn't a situation that's taken lightly.

[PhoenixAzul]

*whew*

OK, invites to novelty round have been handed out and replied to. Tomorrow AM I've got to walk them over to the greek life office. All of my girls received invites, none of them seemed upset or angry, so I'm assuming they got at least one they wanted.

I had a few get invites to all 6, but across the board in recruitment, most receive 3 or 4. .

To review:
You may receive up to 6 invites, but may only accept (or accept with regret) 4. Accepting with regret counts as "accept". Girls are encouraged to attend as many as humanly possible.

Ive got to attend a novelty party in my capacity as Rho Chi. I'm excited, because its a group that I didn't visit when I went through recruitment...sorta curious to see what they do in their parties. That will be Saturday afternoon.

Then we do the whole shuffle again. chapters do invitations to final party, which is preference to the rest of the world.Girls may receive up to 4 invites to final party, but accept or accept with regret only 2. It's an indication that you would a) consider extending that girl a bid b) would like her in your sisterhood. If a woman attends your final, she WILL appear *somewhere* on your bid list...maybe not at the top, but somewhere.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

To review:
You may receive up to 6 invites, but may only accept (or accept with regret) 4. Accepting with regret counts as "accept".

What is "accept with regret"? Or how does it work? Frankly, it does not sound like a favorable thing for a chapter to hear or know. That a girl is accepting their invitation with regret.

As such, and perhaps I'm missing something, why would someone put down "accept with regret"?