Fall Rush '07 Numbers.

[TrevorG]

How the hell does this summer rush work. 98% of our fraternity goes home for summer, many way to far away to come do anything. Only a few freshmen will be from the local area.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by TrevorG

How the hell does this summer rush work. 98% of our fraternity goes home for summer, many way to far away to come do anything. Only a few freshmen will be from the local area.

Some chapters around here actually rent Summer apartments in OKC and Tulsa where brothers will live and recruit out of. They're like little rush war rooms.

At any rate, you could probably do something like that -- have your strong recruitment people room with each other over summer and just work on putting together a good pledge class.

Also, we make sure everyone is in touch with guys from their high schools who would fit with us, etc. It's not all that tough. I'm probably not the best person to comment on what my chapter is doing these days, but in the past, summer was a 365-day-a-year proposition.. and it should be.

[SNUIGC]

We've been trying to recruit some all summer....basically talking it up to everyone we know, parents, wearing our letters, etc... however, kinda tough when nobody knows you really (since we're just getting back)

As to our rush... we actually extended bids in the last of the spring semester for fall... extended a couple over the summer... meaning we have 7 candidates for the Fall...however, we're hoping for at least 13 more so we can double our current numbers.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by SNUIGC

We've been trying to recruit some all summer....basically talking it up to everyone we know, parents, wearing our letters, etc... however, kinda tough when nobody knows you really (since we're just getting back)

As to our rush... we actually extended bids in the last of the spring semester for fall... extended a couple over the summer... meaning we have 7 candidates for the Fall...however, we're hoping for at least 13 more so we can double our current numbers.

Very nice! Now, do be careful that your chapter is ready to work as hard to retain these guys as you did to get them in the first place. You only double your chapter size if these guys are initiated. If they drop or get cut, all of this energy you've spent on rush is wasted.

-- I'm not saying you're going to have a problem, retention was just something that plagued us when I was active.

[banditone]

University of Georgia (Mu) got 20 candidates for fall, per their website.

[KyleMcGuire1983]

San Jose State Update: After 2 events we have about 15 guys we're interested in. We still have two weeks to go and plenty of guys to meet. Unfortunately school started on a Thursday, so by Friday the campus was dead and only three of us fraternities actually had events (DU, Pikes, and us). I'm sure by Monday things will be back to full swing and Rush will get big. Our bid goal is 25-30 with 20 guys getting Knighted.

We might try adding a Riley University type day to our Candidate program for like a Saturday. If you don't know about Riley University I recommend you talk to National about it, it basically teaches you Fraternity crisis management...

[Kevin]

Things are going well at Central Oklahoma. No numbers yet, but what I hear is very encouraging.

[banditone]

LSU chapter (Phi) took around 16 guys. Not bad considering they are just getting back on that campus.

We had the honor of having 22 new members join this week!

It was 21 or 22 ... don't quote me on 22.

[banditone]

Rock on Central Florida. Have you guys got into a house yet? Can't you lease one of the houses from a chapter that's been booted?

What is the university doing with the Pike house, SAE house, and I think Phi Kap?