Oklahoma State University- Aug. 4-10

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I think it is a particular disservice at OSU (and possibly other similar schools). OSU attracts a lot of students from more rural areas of the state. Without recs, no one has any idea who these girls are or if they understand greek life. They wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell without recs (and they struggle the most to find them.)

If a PNM like the Panhellenic president is from Tulsa or OKC, she might have connections and could possibly squeak by without a rec (albeit with limited options).

And the fact that she is the Panhellenic president does NOT mean she necessarily had a great recruitment, either.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

And the fact that she is the Panhellenic president does NOT mean she necessarily had a great recruitment, either.

And the fact that she's the Panhellenic President means that she could have gone through recruitment 3+ years ago. Things change.

[Lovethesand]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Wait a minute? Do they do recruitment early or is school actually in session, effective tomorrow?! Is that possible?!? It's still summer!

Sorry to hijack...

Work week started Sunday, July 28, 2013.

Recruitment began today, Sunday, August 4, 2013.

Bid day is Saturday, August 10, 2013.

Welcome week for freshman/transfer students starts Monday, August 12, 2013.

Fall semester begins Monday, August 19, 2013.

OSU begins recruitment and school early and gets out early - early May 2014.

[Lovethesand]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I think it is a particular disservice at OSU (and possibly other similar schools). OSU attracts a lot of students from more rural areas of the state. Without recs, no one has any idea who these girls are or if they understand greek life. They wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell without recs (and they struggle the most to find them.)

If a PNM like the Panhellenic president is from Tulsa or OKC, she might have connections and could possibly squeak by without a rec (albeit with limited options).

I was happy to see that they said "yes you should get recs". Then to see what they said about recs in a separate document was confusing. Last year during a school visit my daughter was told by Greek Life that letters of rec weren't necessary. Thank goodness we stumbled upon Greek Chat and learned that wasn't necessarily truth in practice.

[TriDeltaC]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Wait a minute? Do they do recruitment early or is school actually in session, effective tomorrow?! Is that possible?!? It's still summer!

Sorry to hijack...

I think it's beyond adorable that your username is winter and we're all going on about how it's still summer =D

*end of hijack of hijack*

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

And the fact that she is the Panhellenic president does NOT mean she necessarily had a great recruitment, either.

Right - to be blunt, there are probably 4 chapters at OSU where a PNM could get a bid without a rec, but do PNMs want to be THAT limited? (And that doesn't mean those 4 chapters will take anyone - they won't. But, I would imagine a nice girl who makes a good impression during recruitment could get by there if the chips fell into place for her.)

[Ladybugmom]

Does anyone know if there is a sophomore quota at OSU?

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by pbear19

Total registered PNMs last year was 861, with 851 in the open house pool.

It's down just a little this year - 840 registered.

[Lovethesand]

According to actives the PNMs this year are allowed to have their cell phones with them throughout the day (safety issue). Last year the cell phones were collected in the morning and returned at the end of the day's activities.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Ladybugmom

Does anyone know if there is a sophomore quota at OSU?

I asked this question to an adviser there. She just texted back, "what is a sophomore quota?" So, I'm guessing no. They haven't used UC quota in the past.

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by Football Fan

The typing error has been corrected.

Last year recruitment began on August 5th and Bid Day was August 11th. According to the local newspaper all 12 chapters achieved quota of 61 or more new members. The paper posted 754 women received bids. The placement percentage was nearly 90%.

Originally Posted by pbear19

Total registered PNMs last year was 861, with 851 in the open house pool.

Wow those are great numbers! Isn't the number matched at many schools 70%-80%? (And I am speaking strictly about number of women who register vs number of bids...NOT number of women attending preference vs number of bids).

[Katmandu]

There is no upper class quota, and upperclass women do get bids. The numbers are great!

Lol about the cell phones... We were on total communication lockdown back in the day and without cells and the phones in the rush dorm turned off, we were really isolated communications wise for the week unless we snuck a phone in an admin building...and no time for that. They gave your parents an emergency panhel # if they had to communicate a family situation. How did we escape being ravaged? Kidnapped?

Also I lol at the pic of current pnms with their purses and bags. Purses were grandma dowdy in the early 70s. You put your money for beer and phone in your shoe and you were good to go.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Katmandu

Also I lol at the pic of current pnms with their purses and bags. Purses were grandma dowdy in the early 70s. You put your money for beer and phone in your shoe and you were good to go.

We had those little ID holders with the keys attached, so you put your cash and your ID in them, and if you didn't have pockets, you just slipped it into the back of your pants with the keys hanging out. The best part is that almost all of us had the ones with letters on them, so if you lost it, someone now had your keys and a big note telling them which house it would unlock.

[Ladybugmom]

There is no upper class quota, and upperclass women do get bids. The numbers are great!


We have a longtime friend that is going through as a sophomore. She had a full schedule today, so hopefully everything will continue to go well for her.

[Katmandu]

Ladybugmom, there are lots of Texas girls at OSU now. That is a big change from my era (Jurassic). Is your friend from tx?