UF Spring Recruitment!!

carnation · #1 01-07-2011, 11:47 AM

I hope that Panhellenic will rethink having the sororities who aren't participating at the meeting. Several of you GCers might remember when on one campus, 2 sororities decided to co-host a COB event. I was surprised because I knew that one sorority had to be way above total; the other was struggling.

So they had their party and bids were extended later--only to the struggling group! Lots of angry PNMs were saying, "Hey! We didn't show up to be rushed by that group, we wanted the other one!" Few bids were accepted and even fewer stayed in the group...1 or 2, we heard.

No one in either group would talk about it but all anyone could figure out was that maybe someone in the much bigger group felt sorry for friends in the other one and agreed to co-host the party? Definitely, honesty is the best policy in informal recruitment.

33girl · #2 01-08-2011, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorGirl27

And to DubaiSis, we do extend bids after spring recruitment. Our spring recruitment is very, very informal. It's a one night thing, and we extend bids to girls we're interested in shortly after.

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Originally Posted by UFgatorLove

All houses will present at the Information Session on the 10th, like tabling. Then the women are are able to be bidded by multiple sororities or just one. The PNM will have the ability to visit the houses that bid her or that she is interested in (by invitation) and will choose a chapter to pledge by the end of the week (I believe, but they may have more time to think on their bid(s)).

So in other words, the rushee doesn't actually SIGN a bid after the informational - she can go to the houses that offered her bids and then picks which one to sign and begin pledging at by the end of the week.

Kind of makes sense, I guess, in that the groups don't want to give out more bids than they have room for or encourage more women than they have room for, but if for some reason all (example) 10 women that ABC offered bids to decided to pledge at other sororities, wouldn't ABC be immmensely screwed and have to start all over again?

I'm assuming this system came into place to make things more binding for the sororities because one or more of the chapters was overinviting wildly and upsetting rushees when they ended up with no bid.

UFgatorLove · #3 01-08-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Kind of makes sense, I guess, in that the groups don't want to give out more bids than they have room for or encourage more women than they have room for, but if for some reason all (example) 10 women that ABC offered bids to decided to pledge at other sororities, wouldn't ABC be immmensely screwed and have to start all over again?

Yes, that has happened to chapters before. I can say that I know some chapters prepare for that, because it is inevitable. So, they will consider and draft bids for 15+ girls if they have 10 or fewer spots to fill.

PC11 · #4 01-08-2011, 01:11 PM

Will the potential girls know by the end of the information session if they have an invitation or not?

~sorry for all the confused questions. I'm a little nervous and want to know as much as possible so I'm prepared. I would love to be in a sorority.

DeltaBetaBaby · #5 01-08-2011, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PC11

Will the potential girls know by the end of the information session if they have an invitation or not?

~sorry for all the confused questions. I'm a little nervous and want to know as much as possible so I'm prepared. I would love to be in a sorority.

Don't worry. It sounds like they are trying something new this year, and a lot of people are confused on both sides.

Just so you know, even if there are 7-9 chapters extending bids, some of those may be extending very few, and only to women they already know. So if you only get one or two invitations, don't be disheartened.

UFgatorLove · #6 01-08-2011, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Don't worry. It sounds like they are trying something new this year, and a lot of people are confused on both sides.

Just so you know, even if there are 7-9 chapters extending bids, some of those may be extending very few, and only to women they already know. So if you only get one or two invitations, don't be disheartened.

This is excellent advice!
Also, I believe that chapters are allowed to extend bids starting Tuesday, most likely midday. I don't know when the cut off is, but with chapters taking small New Member classes, the bidding period will be short due to numbers. I know most plan to be done bidding by Thursday or Friday.

Try to go to any open events chapters are hosting after the Monday night Informational Session - especially if you were invited! Those are great opportunities, too!!

**UPDATE: Campus total was bumped to 163 to give more women chances to join this Spring!!**

PC11 · #7 01-10-2011, 12:47 AM

I heard that alot more houses were participating in this years rush, instead of just the typical houses that participate in spring rush? :/

AZTheta · #8 01-10-2011, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by PC11

I heard that alot more houses were participating in this years rush, instead of just the typical houses that participate in spring rush? :/

"typical houses?"

SMH.

Sorry, it's been a difficult two days around here and my nice tank is drained.

PC11 · #9 01-10-2011, 01:36 AM

Sorry! I didn't mean "typical" in a bad way. Definitely not. I would love to join any of them!

Yeah I will definitely check back and report on my experience.

AZTheta · #10 01-10-2011, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by PC11

Sorry! I didn't mean "typical" in a bad way. Definitely not. I would love to join any of them!

Yeah I will definitely check back and report on my experience.

Thanks for clarifying and good luck to you and everyone participating in Spring recruitment.