UGA Recruitment - A friend's story - Page 2

KDLady06 · #1 08-16-2006, 08:06 PM

Congrats on Pi Beta Phi!

KDLady06 · #2 08-16-2006, 09:02 PM

Congrats to everyone! I am so excited for all of these girls. New Member Period is such an exciting part of being in a sorority! I am so happy that everyone was able to find the home for them.

pleasehelp · #3 08-16-2006, 09:21 PM

My daughter was absolutely thrilled to receive a bid from Delta Delta Delta. After all of the anxiety from this last week, I trully understand the term Steel Magnolia.

KDLady06 · #4 08-13-2006, 09:30 PM

I just got off the phone with my friend. She was a little dissapointed to only get asked back to 7. But the average for all the girls was 6, so I think that's awesome.

Now for the big news...drumroll...

She got asked back to: Lucille Ball and Grace Kelly, two of her favorites from the beginning. Lucille Ball was her top choice, and still is after round 2!

She also went back to:

Jane Fonda - She really liked this house again. She said the girls were very sweet, and one girl she felt like she could really be good friends with. She loves this house, but is not sure it is the right home for her. She would like to go back and see how it goes.

Doris Day - She really liked this house today. She said the girls were very happy to see her and seemed very close with eachother. She thought the conversation with the last girl she talked with seemed a little forced though. She is worried she may not be asked back here.

Dorothy Dandridge - She still feels the same way about this house as she did before. While she has a few friends here, she is not sure if it is the right home for her. She would like to give them another chance, but there are a few other houses where she feels a better connection.

Judy Garland - Round two has not changed my friend's opinion of this house. Although she said the girls were very outgoing and enthusiastic, she does not feel like she has enough in common with these girls to become a part of their sisterhood.

and

Ava Gardner - She feels the same way about this group as Judy Garland

Lucille Ball and Grace Kelly are her top two choices right now. She is thrilled to have been asked back to both of them. She really feels like either of these houses could be a home for her.

She finds out her results tomorrow morning, and then goes back to those houses. She is very excited and taking her cuts with extreme poise. I am so proud of her. I can't wait to see where she ends up. More updates tomorrow evening.

KDlady

PS - In case you are hoping she will pledge your house, my friend has been cut by (in no order whatsoever) Kappa Delta

, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta Zeta, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Delta Pi, and Phi Mu.

Thanks for all of your support! Can't wait to find out what happens tomorrow. Meanwhile I am getting ready for rush at my own school. As my first time on the other side, I am VERY excited. I just can't wait to meet my new potential sisters.

KDLady06 · #5 08-13-2006, 09:35 PM

BBelle,

It is completely fine with me that you post your updates on my board. I welcome anyone with exciting news from UGA recruitment. I am so excited to hear about your girls getting invited back to 12 houses, that is amazing! Do you know if either of them is going back to KD? All the houses are great, but I have to say I might be a tiny bit partial

. Can't wait to hear another update on these girls!

-KD lady

dgdramadawg · #6 08-14-2006, 07:31 AM

Still a chance for a DG here!

I hope your friend has good news today, KDlady!

KDLady06 · #7 08-14-2006, 10:20 AM

I'm getting so nervous waiting to hear back from my friend! I can't wait to hear which houses she went back to today. I'll let everyone know ASAP. Let's cross our fingers and hope she got asked back to Lucille Ball and Grace Kelly. Anyway, hope everyone is having a great day!

-KD lady

IHeartUGA · #8 08-14-2006, 05:07 PM

I'm dying to know which houses are which! I'm always curious to hear a new take on what someone thinks each year.

KDLady06 · #9 08-14-2006, 07:20 PM

I finally got in touch with my friend! She had a really rough day. According to her, a lot of girls did. Her Rho Chi said that cuts have been really severe this year. 1300 hundred girls registered for recruitment, and there is only room in quota for around 900. She was unforunately cut from Lucille Ball

. However, she was invited back to:

Grace Kelly - She loves this house! The girls are very much like her. Sweet girls who seem very caring and laid back. She also liked how all the girls were very pretty but not intimidating. She is really hoping that this can be the home for her.

Jane Fonda - My friend really loved this house today. She has gone somewhat back and forth here, but today she talked to a girl she loved. She also really enjoyed seeing some girls she had talked to during first and second round. She can really see herself being sisters with some of these ladies.

Doris Day - She was really surprised to be asked back to this house. The girls are incredibly sweet and welcoming here, but she still is not feeling much of a connection with them. She would love to go back for pref round, as many people have told her that pref is when you will really feel which sorority is your home.

Dorothy Dandridge - She has given this house many tries, and even though she loves talking to girls here, she can not see herself as their sisters. She is excited to know she can be friends with them outside of sorority life.

Judy Garland and Ava Gardner - Despite another return to this house. My friend knows that this is not the home for her. She said all the girls were great, and she already knew a couple of girls in here, but it's just not the right sorority for her.

She was really dissapointed to be cut from Lucille Ball, but 5 out of 6 for skit round is pretty amazing. I am hoping she gets her choices for pref. I am so excited for her. Bid day is on Wednesday! I'll keep you posted when she tells me which houses she got to pref!

UGA recruitment has been brutal this year. I want to tell all the girls out there rushing to hang in there and stick it out. Pref round can really change everything, and you won't believe how at home you can feel, and how emotional you may get. You don't have to accept a bid, but you should really consider sticking it out through pref. Remember, all the sororities at UGA are really wonderful organizations. Best of luck to everyone!

-KD lady

ThetaPrincess24 · #10 08-14-2006, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KDLady06

I want to tell all the girls out there rushing to hang in there and stick it out. Pref round can really change everything, and you won't believe how at home you can feel, and how emotional you may get. You don't have to accept a bid, but you should really consider sticking it out through pref. Remember, all the sororities at UGA are really wonderful organizations. Best of luck to everyone!

-KD lady

I totally agree. No matter how frustrated I got as a PNM or as a member on the other side of recruitment, Pref was my favorite night of recruitment and made everything worth while.

IHeartUGA · #11 08-14-2006, 09:29 PM

I have just been informed that UGA quota is 60. That means that out 1300 that started rush there are 1080 remaining. Approximately.

BBelleADPi · #12 08-14-2006, 07:21 PM

Well, I received an email from "my" girl! But, I'm going to kill her, all she said was that she loved the skits she saw, couldn't believe they were so elaborate, and she ate some really great food! And that she is VERY tired! What she DIDN'T tell me was how many she went to, nor who they were! Well, she did mention one sorority's name that she loved and is hoping to get an invite to, but that was it! Now she's in trouble...tomorrow morning, I'm calling her mom

to see how many and who she prefs (if any, and I SURE hope so!). Oh, she did say that yesterday she had gotten invited back to 13 houses, but could only go to 12, of course. Her's hoping I can post back her with some good news!

FSUZeta · #13 08-14-2006, 07:31 PM

i don't understand how there can be room for only 900 bids out of 1300 enrolled pnms.

quota is supposed to be set, basically, by dividing the number of participating pnms by the number of chapters on a chosen given day.for example, state tech u. sets quota on day 3 of a 5 day recruitment. 800 girls are still participating in recruitment on that day. there as 10 chapters, so quota would be 80 pnms per chapter.

perhaps your friend misunderstood? maybe you friend meant that out of 1300 original pnms, there are now only 900 pnms remaining in recruitment?

KDLady06 · #14 08-14-2006, 07:35 PM

I'm not sure. That's what she told me her RX told her. I went through recruitment last fall (at an SEC school) and mine worked the way you explained. Maybe UGA has a policy that each sorority can only have a maximum number of members? Like I said, I'm not very familiar with recruitment there, and maybe the RX misspoke, or my friend interpreted it incorrectly. If it is true, it's very sad to hear. I can't believe there are so many fabulous PNMs who can't be placed due to restrictions such as these. If anyone is working with recruitment at UGA, can you please clarify how quota works?

- KD lady

SmartBlondeGPhB · #15 08-14-2006, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

i don't understand how there can be room for only 900 bids out of 1300 enrolled pnms.

quota is supposed to be set, basically, by dividing the number of participating pnms by the number of chapters on a chosen given day.for example, state tech u. sets quota on day 3 of a 5 day recruitment. 800 girls are still participating in recruitment on that day. there as 10 chapters, so quota would be 80 pnms per chapter.

perhaps your friend misunderstood? maybe you friend meant that out of 1300 original pnms, there are now only 900 pnms remaining in recruitment?

That was my reaction too........doesn't make sense.