Alabama Recruitment

[BlueCarnation]

Originally Posted by littleowl33

That makes sense. It would be pretty expensive... and if you got caught, you'd probably be in big trouble with both schools... but it could work!

It is a hassle to schools in that it throws off yield, screws up housing plans, class scheduling, etc., but students don't get in trouble for it. I think schools actually expect this and allow for it to a small extent, but it probably depends. Schools get to keep the deposits, after all, so they probably get a little money out of it.

[littleowl33]

Originally Posted by BlueCarnation

It is a hassle to schools in that it throws off yield, screws up housing plans, class scheduling, etc., but students don't get in trouble for it. I think schools actually expect this and allow for it to a small extent, but it probably depends. Schools get to keep the deposits, after all, so they probably get a little money out of it.

It may depend on the school... I've worked in the admissions office for a few years and while they do expect the "summer melt" (losing 30-80 incoming freshmen over the summer due to various reasons), if they found out that the student had deposited at another school, I think they would almost certainly rescind admission and keep the deposit. Putting a deposit on a school is like signing a legally binding contract to attend, so doing that at two schools is not a very good idea. The most comparable situation I can think of is when we advise a student on the waitlist to deposit at another school (and NOT depend on getting off the waitlist!). If it turns out we are able to accept him/her later in the summer, he/she just has to forfeit the other school's deposit and deposit with us. But there shouldn't be two deposits down at the same time at any point.

I apologize - this is so off-track from what this thread was originally about! I guess Recruitment at Alabama is over anyway, though.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by littleowl33

It may depend on the school... I've worked in the admissions office for a few years and while they do expect the "summer melt" (losing 30-80 incoming freshmen over the summer due to various reasons), if they found out that the student had deposited at another school, I think they would almost certainly rescind admission and keep the deposit. Putting a deposit on a school is like signing a legally binding contract to attend, so doing that at two schools is not a very good idea. The most comparable situation I can think of is when we advise a student on the waitlist to deposit at another school (and NOT depend on getting off the waitlist!). If it turns out we are able to accept him/her later in the summer, he/she just has to forfeit the other school's deposit and deposit with us. But there shouldn't be two deposits down at the same time at any point.

I did this. Put deposits down at both Pepperdine and Univ. of Washington because although I really wanted Pepperdine, we were still trying to figure out the financial stuff. I didn't want to lose my place at U-Dub if we couldn't swing Pepp. And I know I wasn't the only one amongst my friends that did this, in fact I think it's pretty common.

[Txborn]

Originally Posted by littleowl33

Out of curiosity, how is it possible to transfer from one University to another within a few weeks of the start of classes? That just seems like it's cutting it pretty close... can the student belatedly accept an offer of admission if she was accepted to both schools originally, or does she fill out a whole transfer app and go for rolling transfer admissions?

Back in the late 70's-80's , there were girls who went through rush at Texas and didn't get the "top 6". They would withdraw and transfer to Texas Tech a smaller school at the time and not quite as competitive.

My Tech friends say they always knew when a girl registered late for rush - she didn't get what she wanted at Texas. I'm not sure if that still happens

Texas rush is still very competitive - 50,000 students - but quotas are still 40 to 50.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Txborn

Texas rush is still very competitive - 50,000 students - but quotas are still 40 to 50.

Quota is based on the number of PNMs divided by the number of chapters and isn't a reflection of the competitiveness of a greek system. (With 2 exceptions, and Texas is not one of them.) Texas is extremely competitive, but that is due to the number of PNMs who want the same "top" chapters.

[Txborn]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

Quota is based on the number of PNMs divided by the number of chapters and isn't a reflection of the competitiveness of a greek system. (With 2 exceptions, and Texas is not one of them.) Texas is extremely competitive, but that is due to the number of PNMs who want the same "top" chapters.

You are correct - it has to do with PNM - which compared to the size of the school is fairly small.