What’s the backup plan for recruitment in August?

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by carnation

Heavens, yes. I have heard too many stories about how Ole Miss's later rush screwed up women's classes/studying/etc.

Would it kill the schools to move to deferred recruitment under the circumstances? If my DD was planning to go through recruitment in early August, I would tell her that Greek Life wasn't worth killing her.

Yes, I'm impartial but I like the way tOSU does it in January.
Saturday/Sunday - Meet the Chapters
Friday Evening - Round 2
Saturday - Round 3
Sunday - Pref
MLK Holiday - Bid Day.

It doesn't hit mid terms, it doesn't interfer with football games and PNMs don't need to return early before the semester begins. It also gives PNMs without bids a better chance to stay in school because, junst maybe, they have found there are more opportunities in college for involvement.

[carnation]

They would need more than 4 days.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by carnation

They would need more than 4 days.

Exactly...and I think the bigger (SEC/Big 12) schools might have to spread out their recruitment further to make smaller parties. They're not saying they're doing that now, but it does make me squirm at the sizes of some of these parties.

My worry isn't for the collegians, it's for the older professors and other staff members that would be working around/with the students.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by carnation

They would need more than 4 days.

That was 5 days if you count the outline in my post.

[carnation]

More than that too!

[zTaalum]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Would it kill the schools to move to deferred recruitment under the circumstances? If my DD was planning to go through recruitment in early August, I would tell her that Greek Life wasn't worth killing her.

Yes, I'm impartial but I like the way tOSU does it in January.
Saturday/Sunday - Meet the Chapters
Friday Evening - Round 2
Saturday - Round 3
Sunday - Pref
MLK Holiday - Bid Day.

It doesn't hit mid terms, it doesn't interfer with football games and PNMs don't need to return early before the semester begins. It also gives PNMs without bids a better chance to stay in school because, junst maybe, they have found there are more opportunities in college for involvement.

Again if big theme parks are on the verge of opening and girls can live in a tiny dorm room next to each other stacked on top of each other than sorority recruitment can go on. The average person has over a 98% chance of surviving this virus so your "worth killing " comment is a little dramatic.

Until you have experienced recruitment or a bid day at a big SEC school you can't possibly understand how much of a Greek life killer winter recruitment would be to these campuses. I know girls who choose schools like Alabama over schools like OSU, Uof M and many others simply based on the Greek life there. Silly maybe but it's a big factor.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by zTaalum

Again if big theme parks are on the verge of opening and girls can live in a tiny dorm room next to each other stacked on top of each other than sorority recruitment can go on. The average person has over a 98% chance of surviving this virus so your "worth killing " comment is a little dramatic.

Until you have experienced recruitment or a bid day at a big SEC school you can't possibly understand how much of a Greek life killer winter recruitment would be to these campuses. I know girls who choose schools like Alabama over schools like OSU, Uof M and many others simply based on the Greek life there. Silly maybe but it's a big factor.

If I'm being dramatic, you are being sanctimonious.

[zTaalum]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

If I'm being dramatic, you are being sanctimonious.

That was not my intention so I apologize for that.