Daughter Going Through Rush at UT Knoxville

[ZetaBeta]

What I overheard this weekend is that they were down 200 hundred girls from last year. However, girls were still registering as of Friday.

[Silverblue]

I wonder if the economy has anything to do with this.

[tennesseemom]

numbers at Tennessee, Alabama and Auburn were all down this year- economy is probably to blame. Hopefully not as many rushees will drop and quota will hang in there around 50-55 for UT! Go Greek ends tonight- any feedback from rushees or moms out there?

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by tennesseemom

numbers at Tennessee, Alabama and Auburn were all down this year- economy is probably to blame. Hopefully not as many rushees will drop and quota will hang in there around 50-55 for UT! Go Greek ends tonight- any feedback from rushees or moms out there?

About the economy: a recent article says that potential new members (and others) are expressing concerns about costs -- the article's about Iowa, but I wouldn't be surprised if most universities are seeing the same thing.

http://www.dailyiowan.com/2009/08/20/Metro/12339.html

On the other hand, the following article about the U of South Carolina indicates that the econbomy doesn't seem to be a deterrent there:

http://media.www.dailygamecock.com/m...-3755475.shtml

[exlurker]

Update: More on Recruitment Numbers at Tennessee

A very recent article dealing with the decline in recruitment (and enrollment) numbers at Tennessee:

http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showartic...rticleid=55276

[Silverblue]

It'll be interesting to hear what quota is.