Colonization at the University of Alabama?!?

[UGAalum94]

It also seems weird that you can't tell what quota was by the number of pledges.

[mommamagnolia]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

It also seems weird that you can't tell what quota was by the number of pledges.

Alabama has "free" juniors and seniors-- you can pick up as many during rush and they don't count toward quota.

[UGAalum94]

Cool! Thanks for the info.

[bamagphibgirlie]

Originally Posted by mommamagnolia

Alabama has "free" juniors and seniors-- you can pick up as many during rush and they don't count toward quota.

Yes it is true, that they do not count towards normal quota, however there is a special upperclassmen quota which is utilized, quota last year for upperclassmen was like 5.

Also I am not sure about these rumors, Al Panhel just upped house total to like somewhere in the 200s, before recolonizing either DG or SK they have to make sure that all the houses are close to total.

[AnatraAmore]

I was looking at the AL Panhellenic site and it seems that there was a vite to raise house total in November to 180 - did it end up getting raised to higher than this? According to the Fall 06 grade report, there are 4 of the 15 groups under total. Several groups have numbers in the 220's!!! Two of them are within 14 of this new total and two more of them are much further under total. My question is... do you think they'll wait for all four groups to get to total? My thought is that maybe wait and let the two groups who are close get to total... but the other two groups are smaller than the next smaller by more than double (ex: 12, 85, and the next group has 166...) One more slightly random question... how big of a new member class do you think a colonizing sorority would have to take be to be competitive???


PS: Coming from a campus where total is 60 and that's considered HUGE, these numbers seem outrageous to me!

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by sangers

how big of a new member class do you think a colonizing sorority would have to take be to be competitive???

The number of new members would have little to do with whether or not the new chapter would be considered competitive.

[AnatraAmore]

So what I meant was not competitive, but more... stable? I know tradition and reputation have a lot to do with success at a school like that, but what I was asking is more "What would the ideal beginning be for an organization colonizing?"

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by sangers

So what I meant was not competitive, but more... stable? I know tradition and reputation have a lot to do with success at a school like that, but what I was asking is more "What would the ideal beginning be for an organization colonizing?"

Generally, you like to start a colony that is either at Chapter Total or the Average Chapter Size, whichever is the larger. Sometimes a group may opt to take less than that. It just depends.