What’s the backup plan for recruitment in August?

[3DGator]

The unhoused sororities at Stanford are currently holding virtual informal recruitment.

[SweetHomeStL]

Anyone read through this yet? It is very interesting......all of the virtual recruiting sounds difficult. Maybe for 1st round, but past that?? Viable options certainly, but definitely sad for the class of 2020 that has already lost so much.

https://www.npcwomen.org/wp-content/...nhellenics.pdf

[NYCMS]

Originally Posted by SweetHomeStL

Anyone read through this yet? It is very interesting......all of the virtual recruiting sounds difficult. Maybe for 1st round, but past that??

Agree. I can't imagine how virtual recruitment would work unless it's for very small chapters, but definitely not for chapters at major campuses.

The virus has broken out again in Wuhan and I suspect it will increase in places opening now, so I think there's a likelihood that rush will be deferred until January and some colleges may choose to wait until then to go back to in-person classes. "Adults" aren't obeying the rules (masks, distancing) in places that are re-opening so I doubt students will do so based on pics of friends' college kids socializing in large groups at home - no masks, no distancing. A restaurant in a Denver suburb opened for Mother's Day - no masks, no distancing, no separation of tables. Unbelievable.

Read enough about the future with the virus and until there's a vaccine, life will look very, very different and I think colleges are preparing for drastic changes due to that.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by 3DGator

The unhoused sororities at Stanford are currently holding virtual informal recruitment.

3DGator, first - I'm not attacking you! I'm sharing this from the Stanford admissions page so other people reading have some perspective:

Overview for the Class of 2022
Total Applicants: 47,451
Total Admits: 2,071
Total Enrolled: 1,706

First-Year Enrolled Student Profile for the Class of 2022
Class Overview
63 home countries and 50 US states are represented
11.4% are international citizens representing 60 countries
17.5% are first generation college students

Gender Balance
Women: 49%
Men: 51%

My point? First, of the 1700 freshmen, approximately 850 are women. I am more than reasonably certain that with deferred recruitment (which Stanford has), the sororities are familiar with the pool of PNMs. It is a very small university. No way this would work at Arizona. Or Alabama. Or... fill in the blank.

Brings me to say "ditto and perfectly stated and thank you" to NYCMS for everything she wrote. A while back in this thread I made a similar comment about the virus. Suck it up people, we're in for a long siege.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by 3DGator

The unhoused sororities at Stanford are currently holding virtual informal recruitment.

Originally Posted by AZTheta

3DGator, first - I'm not attacking you! I'm sharing this from the Stanford admissions page so other people reading have some perspective:

Overview for the Class of 2022
Total Applicants: 47,451
Total Admits: 2,071
Total Enrolled: 1,706

First-Year Enrolled Student Profile for the Class of 2022
Class Overview
63 home countries and 50 US states are represented
11.4% are international citizens representing 60 countries
17.5% are first generation college students

Gender Balance
Women: 49%
Men: 51%

My point? First, of the 1700 freshmen, approximately 850 are women. I am more than reasonably certain that with deferred recruitment (which Stanford has), the sororities are familiar with the pool of PNMs. It is a very small university. No way this would work at Arizona. Or Alabama. Or... fill in the blank.

Brings me to say "ditto and perfectly stated and thank you" to NYCMS for everything she wrote. A while back in this thread I made a similar comment about the virus. Suck it up people, we're in for a long siege.

Anyone in-the-know & willing to share an update on Stanford's Spring 2020 virtual informal recruitment?