Phi Retro Recruitment

[alphagamphi]

Yea I did. Oops...

[SWTXBelle]

I'm surprised - I thought most sororities kept legacies through the first invitational round as a courtesy.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I'm surprised - I thought most sororities kept legacies through the first invitational round as a courtesy.

I thought so too.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I'm surprised - I thought most sororities kept legacies through the first invitational round as a courtesy.

Originally Posted by OtterXO

I thought so too.

I agree, but wonder if the legacy doesn't meet the minimum g.p.a. requirement for the group -- can/should they go ahead and release her immediately (certainly with a call to mama or sis) since Panhellenic strictly limits their invite-back numbers and to give the PNM an accurate look at chapters she can realistically join?

Sorry for the giant run-on sentence!

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I agree, but wonder if the legacy doesn't meet the minimum g.p.a. requirement for the group -- can/should they go ahead and release her immediately (certainly with a call to mama or sis) since Panhellenic strictly limits their invite-back numbers and to give the PNM an accurate look at chapters she can realistically join?

Sorry for the giant run-on sentence!

That's a scenario I didn't think of but would make sense under the circumstances.

[lyrelyre]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

(certainly with a call to mama or sis)

Side note about which I should probably start a new thread. Our Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Coordinator informed me that we were violating campus rules by notifying a member that their legacy had been released. So, now we have to wait until after bids are revealed to call alumnae. Needless to say it has caused problems.

[FSUZeta]

is that considered a violation of the privacy law?

[lyrelyre]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

is that considered a violation of the privacy law?

Actually, she said it violated a rule prohibiting contact between the chapter and the family of a PNM. However, my question is "may we still accept calls from alumnae who have found out from their legacy that she was released?" I feel it is extremely rude to not answer any phone calls until recruitment is over, but it also seems to be what the rules require.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by lyrelyre

Side note about which I should probably start a new thread. Our Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Coordinator informed me that we were violating campus rules by notifying a member that their legacy had been released. So, now we have to wait until after bids are revealed to call alumnae. Needless to say it has caused problems.

Yes, PLEASE start a thread about this, if you haven't yet!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I agree, but wonder if the legacy doesn't meet the minimum g.p.a. requirement for the group -- can/should they go ahead and release her immediately (certainly with a call to mama or sis) since Panhellenic strictly limits their invite-back numbers and to give the PNM an accurate look at chapters she can realistically join?

That doesn't seem like the case. If she had a GPA issue, she probably would have gotten fewer than 8 out of 12 invites. Sure some chapter GPA requirements are a little different, but if it were low, she would have been cut more places; even if a PNM is right above the minimum, she could still be cut for grades. This is Pac 10 not SEC here! You'd think of all places to get invited back to for first round, she'd at least go to her legacy chapter, especially because she doesn't describe this legacy chapter as a particularly desirable one
(ie one that has to make a lot of first round cuts). She says she didn't have a full schedule for round 2 so that means she had to have been cut by Cheetah and not have cut them herself. I can't think of why though, unless she told the active "I don't want your chapter" point blank.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I agree, but wonder if the legacy doesn't meet the minimum g.p.a. requirement for the group -- can/should they go ahead and release her immediately (certainly with a call to mama or sis) since Panhellenic strictly limits their invite-back numbers and to give the PNM an accurate look at chapters she can realistically join?

Sorry for the giant run-on sentence!

I think the GPA scenario is extremely likely in this case. This thread was so poorly written that it was almost incomprehensible. Sorry to be mean, but I can't believe this poster even was in college.

[lyrelyre]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I think the GPA scenario is extremely likely in this case. This thread was so poorly written that it was almost incomprehensible. Sorry to be mean, but I can't believe this poster even was in college.

I cannot disagree with this statement.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I think the GPA scenario is extremely likely in this case. This thread was so poorly written that it was almost incomprehensible. Sorry to be mean, but I can't believe this poster even was in college.

I'm glad someone came out and said that!

Although the poor writing could indicate a poor GPA, I am not entirely convinced that it was her GPA because she did get a pretty decent number of invites for round 2, more than a typical PNM with a low GPA would get. My thinking is that she was downright rude at her legacy chapter that she deemed not good enough for her, and we won't know if it is Alpha Phi or Pi Beta Phi because she still can't get her story straight.

[violetpretty]

A sock puppet perhaps?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I think the GPA scenario is extremely likely in this case. This thread was so poorly written that it was almost incomprehensible. Sorry to be mean, but I can't believe this poster even was in college.

ouch.

Irishpipes and Lyrelyre,

Would you say something similar in public in real life? Wouldn't it just seem unnecessarily hurtful and insulting?

Even if we did rank the quality of recruitment threads, it wouldn't seem to me that we would directly insult the intelligence of the writer as you all did here.