UGA Quota Just Raised!!

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I think there is an overall trend for young people to join structured things. This generation didn't just go outside and play. They didn't have pick up baseball games in a field. They have been signed up for structured social activities their whole lives. I think this is why we're seeing the insurgence in Greek life too. They don't know how to be social without the structure of an organization.

I've been pretty shocked that with the economy struggling as it has been, we haven't seen a sharp decline over the last decade. Instead, we are seeing huge growth. I really think it is because of the structured social activity life.

I blame Legally Blonde....

[AGDee]

Not the TV Show Greek?

[HQWest]

I only watched that a couple times but they didnt seem to be having fun. Casey Cartwright was always complaining, and I guess I couldnt get over that Cordelia Chase got finished fighting vampires with Buffy and then went on to e a traveling consultant??

[RavenUGA]

Total was raised from 200 to 229 (average chapter size). There are ~10 chapters that will be under total (it remains to be seen how many will do COB or other recruiting to fill their slots this fall).

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by RavenUGA

Total was raised from 200 to 229 (average chapter size). There are ~10 chapters that will be under total (it remains to be seen how many will do COB or other recruiting to fill their slots this fall).

Thanks for the official info!

[AZTheta]

Question for those who understand this "stuff":

OK, total has been raised. Do all chapters now "have to" raise their membership to total? Is that something that is at the discretion of each chapter's organizational policy? Is there a time frame to "get to total?"

Sorry in advance if I'm not understanding or if this was already answered. I don't know why this is not processing in my brain.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

Question for those who understand this "stuff":

OK, total has been raised. Do all chapters now "have to" raise their membership to total? Is that something that is at the discretion of each chapter's organizational policy? Is there a time frame to "get to total?"

Sorry in advance if I'm not understanding or if this was already answered. I don't know why this is not processing in my brain.

That would be up to each organization. They may wait to next semester to get to total to take a new class since this class is so big. I guess it all depends on how far under total each chapter is and what the likelihood one informal recruitment cycle would bring them up to total.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

Question for those who understand this "stuff":

OK, total has been raised. Do all chapters now "have to" raise their membership to total? Is that something that is at the discretion of each chapter's organizational policy? Is there a time frame to "get to total?"

Sorry in advance if I'm not understanding or if this was already answered. I don't know why this is not processing in my brain.

Most NPC groups have in their recruitment guidelines that they are supposed to try to achieve and maintain total. Some are more strict with this than others. It may be at the discretion of each chapter and the timeline might be at the discretion of each chapter.

For example, a chapter might not hold COB events if they will only be 1 or 2 members below total rather than have new member events for a pledge class of two, or a chapter might get an exception to remain below total if the house holds 58 and total will be 60. The decision to raise total is often done right after formal recruitment so they have the option to add those COB women to the existing pledge class, but some might choose to wait until Spring.

[AZTheta]

Thanks, AOII Angel and HQWest! I finally get it! appreciate you guys taking the time to explain it. Have a great Sunday.

[LaneSig]

http://www.redandblack.com/news/cont...9bb30f31a.html

An article from UGA's Red and Black newspaper. 5 sororities are holding COB events this semester. The article mentions Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Gamma, and Gamma Phi Beta. The other two chapters were not named before the article's deadline.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

A lot of the growth in the SEC, particularly at Bama, is resulting from student body growth, rather than growth in the percentage of the student body that is interested. I'm sure that the Panhellenics are in communication with the university leadership about the planned trajectory in student body size.

(from their website information) The increase in the number of students enrolling at Bama is up 47% since 2002, while the increase in students signing up for NPC recruitment appears to be greater than 100% in that same time frame?

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by HQWest

(from their website information) The increase in the number of students enrolling at Bama is up 47% since 2002, while the increase in students signing up for NPC recruitment appears to be greater than 100% in that same time frame?

Off the cuff I would guess that a lot of the increase in NPC recruitment numbers is due to the increase in OOS student enrollment -- the swelling numbers of OOS new members, even among chapters that are in-state strongholds, seems to suggest this. I think the Greek system at Alabama probably serves as a draw to some OOS students (in addition to reasonable tuition, admission requirements, and scholarship incentives).

In-state enrollment does not seem to be increasing (according to the following article, we have hit a plateau in numbers of high school graduates -- okay, I know y'all just laughed ). I know enrollment does not equal interest, so I don't know how the stats compare over the years in regard to in-state vs OOS increases in recruitment percentages (perhaps someone out there has these numbers).

Article I mentioned (from last year):

The number of freshmen from Alabama decreased by 299 students, as 2,848 in-state students enrolled at UA this fall, the report said. The number of freshmen from Georgia also decreased by 117, the largest decrease among states other than Alabama.
The Fall 2011 semester saw the number of freshman students from New York more than triple, as 59 students enrolled. Sixty more freshman students from Texas enrolled, as well as 43 more students from Maryland and 41 more students from New York, the report said.
[…]
“UA recruits in Alabama, the Southeast and across the country,” said Mary Spiegel, executive director of Undergraduate Admissions. “With the number of high school graduates in the state of Alabama at a plateau, there has been a rise in the number of out-of-state students. We share with [both the out-of-state students] and in-state students information about the University and the quality education that they can receive.”
http://cw.ua.edu/2011/10/13/out-of-s...r-recruitment/