University of Alabama Fall 2014 NPC Sorority Recruitment

[WhiteRose1912]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

"I was supposed to get a bid to XYZ but my friend told me that they accidentally cut the WRONG Sarah."

I have actually seen this happen once with pref invites. The situation was rectified at the last minute and no one was the wiser.

Even if it hadn't been caught, that information would never have made it outside of a very, very small group of people. If everyone knows about it, then you can bet that the source was a disappointed and embarrassed someone or someones.

[Low D Flat]

they accidentally cut the WRONG Sarah

Surely chapters that are meeting 1000+ PNMs do mis-remember which Maddie was which sometimes.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Low D Flat

Surely chapters that are meeting 1000+ PNMs do mis-remember which Maddie was which sometimes.

Please don't comment on NPC membership selection as a non-NPC member. There are many systems in place to prevent these types of errors.

[Low D Flat]

I take it back. I will only observe that hospitals operate on the wrong patient sometimes despite the systems they have to prevent that.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Please don't comment on NPC membership selection as a non-NPC member. There are many systems in place to prevent these types of errors.

Errors on invitation lists do occur. At U of A, a chapter can catch and correct, but may be fined for the correction.

The yarn concerning the Chi Os accidentally dropping 200 girls, however, is just a silly rumor.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by Missouri Ivy

I think the "turned in the wrong list" rumor is a perennial favorite, occurring at a number of schools each year, along with rumors of...getting an automatic 4.0 if your roommate dies during the semester.

Originally Posted by luv n tpa

I've never heard of that one before!

There's a movie that was made on that premise LOL!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

Errors on invitation lists do occur. At U of A, a chapter can catch and correct, but may be fined for the correction.

The yarn concerning the Chi Os accidentally dropping 200 girls, however, is just a silly rumor.

Yes, and so is every girl who didn't get the invite she wanted blaming it on an error. Of course no system is perfect, but the idea that a duplicate first name is enough to confuse the chapter underscores the point that Low D Sharp is NOT an NPC member and does not have sufficient knowledge of how PNM's are actually tracked in large recruitments. She has been repeatedly asked not to comment on NPC membership selection, and yet continues to do so.

[Low D Flat]

Duplicate first names confuse corporate recruiting departments, university admission offices, hospitals, athletic/arts selection processes, the Department of Homeland Security, etc. Seen it happen many times. I apologize for leaping to the conclusion that another human-operated system would be the same.

[pinapple]

Surely chapters that are meeting 1000+ PNMs do mis-remember which Maddie was which sometimes.

I disagree and like the others have said, without going into membership selections, months of work goes into place to make sure this does not happen.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Low D Flat

Duplicate first names confuse corporate recruiting departments, university admission offices, hospitals, athletic/arts selection processes, the Department of Homeland Security, etc. Seen it happen many times. I apologize for leaping to the conclusion that another human-operated system would be the same.

I'm a member of an NPC, and even I don't comment on the intricacies of the recruitment/matching systems at universities such as this.

That being said, many systems keeping track of large databases of names have been known to have errors (either system or human errors due to input). I recently requested my transcripts online from Northeastern, and I was denied. I received an email saying there was no record of me in the system. Two days later I received a voicemail saying that they made a mistake: they had my last name listed as my first name, and my first name listed as my last name. So yea, it happens.

And no, my name isn't Ashley Shannon, or anything like that. It's abundantly clear which name should come first and which should be last.

[Loyally Kappa]

One time, the teller at the bank deposited my checking account number instead of the amount of my deposit. For a brief time, I had a nine-figure balance. Pretty cool, huh?

[magnoliacurious]

Originally Posted by Loyally Kappa

One time, the teller at the bank deposited my checking account number instead of the amount of my deposit. For a brief time, I had a nine-figure balance. Pretty cool, huh?

Yeah, just too bad it apparently couldn't last!!

[Nanners52674]

Originally Posted by Low D Flat

Duplicate first names confuse corporate recruiting departments, university admission offices, hospitals, athletic/arts selection processes, the Department of Homeland Security, etc. Seen it happen many times. I apologize for leaping to the conclusion that another human-operated system would be the same.

Look I'm not normally one to knit pick, but honestly, stop posting about this. How many actual NPC members have to ask you to sit down and shut up, good grief.

And your last line is your post is just passive aggressive bullshit.

[ASTalumna06]

Message from UA President Judy Bonner. I don't know what this is referring to specifically, but I'm sure it'll come out soon.

When will this end? Seriously.

http://uanews.ua.edu/2014/08/message...t-judy-bonner/

[Nanners52674]

http://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/in..._national.html

It's probably this. The short version, 3 Chi O members sent a snapchat of themselves using a racial slur, to apparently boast about not bidding any black girls. Even though Chi O did bid 2 black women.

Honestly it really sucks because it's 3 stupid members but the whole chapter has to pay the price.