UCLA 2012 Recruitment

[BlueOwl]

My daughter went to ucla and it is a tough recruitment schedule for the actives. Parties go late into the evening (10:00 pm +), then voting, then take down and set up for the next day. The weekend is tough because they finish parties in the evening today and then have the first pref party tomorrow at 9:00 am!! Lists of who is coming to party #1 and party #2 usually arrive to rush chairs at around 4:00 am!! Then they do the matching for the parties!! Crazy!! They all manage to pull in off without a (visible) hitch though and they look beautiful all the while!!

Good luck to all of the UCLA sororities this year!!

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by BlueOwl

My daughter went to ucla and it is a tough recruitment schedule for the actives. Parties go late into the evening (10:00 pm +), then voting, then take down and set up for the next day. The weekend is tough because they finish parties in the evening today and then have the first pref party tomorrow at 9:00 am!! Lists of who is coming to party #1 and party #2 usually arrive to rush chairs at around 4:00 am!! Then they do the matching for the parties!! Crazy!! They all manage to pull in off without a (visible) hitch though and they look beautiful all the while!!

Good luck to all of the UCLA sororities this year!!

Just a question -- has anyone ever likened this type of schedule to hazing (i.e. overwork and sleep deprivation)? I've never been through it, so I simply don't know.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Just a question -- has anyone ever likened this type of schedule to hazing (i.e. overwork and sleep deprivation)? I've never been through it, so I simply don't know.

I'm sure at some point someone has. I'm sure people have also compared hazing with sponsoring homecoming candidates (putting women on display to be unfavorably judged by men); intramurals or Greek week (athletic activity beyond normal everyday exercise); and living in the house (forced constant interaction with members).

When rush is a huge production with tons of rushees as it is at this school, I'm wagering that the women would rather do it this way than drag it out for a month. If they hated it too much, they could change the schedule. Panhellenic is the ones who decide on it, not the national orgs, the school administration or adult advisors/volunteers.

P.S. We are old. We do not remember how you can go on adrenaline for as long as you can at ages 18-21.

[BlueCarnation]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I'm sure at some point someone has. I'm sure people have also compared hazing with sponsoring homecoming candidates (putting women on display to be unfavorably judged by men); intramurals or Greek week (athletic activity beyond normal everyday exercise); and living in the house (forced constant interaction with members).

When rush is a huge production with tons of rushees as it is at this school, I'm wagering that the women would rather do it this way than drag it out for a month. If they hated it too much, they could change the schedule. Panhellenic is the ones who decide on it, not the national orgs, the school administration or adult advisors/volunteers.

P.S. We are old. We do not remember how you can go on adrenaline for as long as you can at ages 18-21.

Having been through the almost month long recruitment process (albeit a long time ago), I would much rather have had this short-but-crazy schedule. When you're young, it's sort of fun, I imagine. The drawn out recruitment is tiring and not helpful for academics or anything else.

[bruinaphi]

In the 20 years since I joined, UCLA lists have never been distributed at 4 am except for preference schedules, which would be distributed earlier if people got their lists in on time.

Usually UCLA lists are due at 7 a.m. Preference lists are the exception, and they were due 30 minutes ago.

UCLA's Total resets to Median Chapter Size rounded down to the closest 0 or 5 at the conclusion of bid matching. That means that going into recruitment 1/2 the chapters are at or above Total. It also means there is always some room for COB.

Median chapter size going into recruitment was 104.

[wayoutwest]

Is there any kind of guarantee about receiving a bid as long as you maximize your options? One of my very good friends from high school is participating in UCLA's rush right now and I'm afraid to ask her about the details. She's very nervous about bid night.

I'm a member of a GLO at Ole Miss, so the rules/regulations/norms of other recruitment processes are a little bit confusing to me.

[SigKapSweetie]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Just a question -- has anyone ever likened this type of schedule to hazing (i.e. overwork and sleep deprivation)? I've never been through it, so I simply don't know.

I found that the sleep deprivation and insane workload of recruitment as a VPM was great preparation for residency. When I hit intern year, I already knew that I could go for two solid weeks with practically no sleep and remain ruthlessly efficient. The only difference is that when you're the intern on call and have twelve admissions overnight, you don't have to do them with perfect hair and makeup!