Didn't get invites, what are my options?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by utcutie315

I’m actually thinking about starting another organization on campus. There were a lot of highly qualified girls turned down due to numbers and to me that means that it may be time for another organization. UTC’s numbers have been up for the past few years and we are out numbering the options we have. I’m not doing it just because I didn’t get it and I’m upset, I’ve already discussed it with someone else and they agree that it might be a good idea. If quotas were only around 50, that means that only 200 girls got bids, that left 200 girls without.

If quota was only 50, that means that only 200 women made it to the end of rush without being cut or dropping out. Quota is set depending on the number of women finishing rush - it isn't an arbitrary number the Greek life office or Panhel sets. "Hey, I think we should give out 200 bids this semester!" That's NOT how it happens.

If all 400 women would have finished rush, then quota would have been 100 and each group would have taken 100.

Even if your campus was open for expansion, starting a colony of an NPC group is a long process and it's entirely possible you would graduate before it came to fruition. Try looking at some of the other groups on campus instead of starting a new sorority.

[jwright25]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Even if your campus was open for expansion, starting a colony of an NPC group is a long process and it's entirely possible you would graduate before it came to fruition. Try looking at some of the other groups on campus instead of starting a new sorority.

YES.

OP - If you are speaking of trying to start a new NPC organization, that decision is left up to Panhellenic and the existing four sororities - in consultation with their inter/national organizations and the campus administration. There has been some discussion, but it has all be VERY informal. The campus will not open up for extension in the very near future.

And even if they do open up say this fall and pick a new NPC group in spring, they probably wouldn't colonize until Fall 09. (That is if they were to bring it up in Panhellenic this week and move quickly.) And at that point it is up to the colonizing sorority to interview and pick its new members. They don't have a "sign up" sheet. So there would still be no guarantee of membership - even if there is a group of interested women.

Now, if you are thinking of just starting up a new general student organization that isn't tied to any inter/national group, have at it. It will still be a tough road to gather interest and do everything you need to do to qualify as a registered student group. Check with the Student Activities Office to get a list of groups that have already been formed and are looking for new members. There might already be a group of people out there who share a lot of the same values and interests that you have.

Good luck!

[KSUViolet06]

It's important to note that that other 200 girls whom you say did not receive bids also includes girls who withdrew from recruitment on their own. Those aren't girls who stuck it out through the last round and just didn't get bids.

The number of girls each sorority will take is not something that the sororities make up on their own. Quota is set by the number of women who attend at least one preference party, in order to maximize the number of women who get placed in a sorority. So the 200 who DID get bids are generally the women who are still left in recruitment at the end.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that your statement that 200 girls just didn't get bids is off, because Panhellenic sets quota in order to match as many of the remaining women as they can. They aren't just going to NOT include another 200 women in their quota calculation, if they attend at least one round of pref.. That's not how recruitment works.