NWgirl's Fall '07 Recruitment at University of Washington!

[Benzgirl]

Even though it was hard, you made a very mature decision. As others have said, you might consider Informal. It's less stressful and gives you time to evaluate your options.

Get some rest today and take time for yourself. You deserve it.

[thetaprincess]

COB came be at lot of fun. You get to meet the girls on much more an informal way. Best of luck to you. Tell us how it works out.

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Even though it was hard, you made a very mature decision. As others have said, you might consider Informal. It's less stressful and gives you time to evaluate your options.

Benzgirl, I believe the OP said she'd already signed up for COR.

NWgirl, I usually don't post in these, but I just have to add a plug for COR. That's how I joined. I knew formal recruitment wasn't for me. I'm the kind of person who needs to take my time to get to know people at my own pace. COR allows you much more time to be yourself and feel comfortable with your surroundings.

Good luck.

[violetpretty]

I'm glad you went all the way through preference. You took it all in and then made your decision. Nothing wrong with that. It is very mature of you to drop out given your reasons, instead of the "Waaaahh I wasn't invited back to XYZ and my remaining options are beneath me" that lots of PNMs feel. Informal recruitment allows you to meet sorority women in a much more authentic way. Best of luck, whatever you decide!

[honeychile]

Best of luck with COR, NWgirl. It's a lot easier for many women to really get to know the sisters, and frankly, may be a lot more closer to the original concept of recruitment. Please stick around and keep us posted!

[northwestgirl]

Thank you all for your support. Please know that I am VERY happy with my choice and informal parties are already starting for me.

Which brings me to my question, does any uw alum know what happened at bid day? I heard from a friend's mom that over 300 girls didn't show up. I am sure that this is exaggerated, but I noticed that chapters pledge classes look at LOT smaller then they said they would be. I didn't know that informal started on bid day...I thought this was strange...not that I'm one to know....

Oh, and my friends are very happy with their houses!!!
One recieved a bid from Alpha Gamma Delta, one from Delta Gamma, one from Delta Zeta and one from Thetas!!! They are very very happy!!!

Two of my friends also dropped out, and one decided that she's not going through informal either, which was sad.
I'll keep everyone posted with informal!

And again, thank you all.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by northwestgirl

Thank you all for your support. Please know that I am VERY happy with my choice and informal parties are already starting for me.

Which brings me to my question, does any uw alum know what happened at bid day? I heard from a friend's mom that over 300 girls didn't show up. I am sure that this is exaggerated, but I noticed that chapters pledge classes look at LOT smaller then they said they would be. I didn't know that informal started on bid day...I thought this was strange...not that I'm one to know....



And again, thank you all.

I'm noy a UW alumna, but maybe I can offer a little insight:

300 girls sounds like a bit of an exaggeration. I'm not a UW alumna, but I can tell you that sometimes (for whatever reason) chapters don't make quota or girls decide at the last minute to drop out before prefs or not to accept their bids, which can lead to the varying sizes of pledge classes. It happens at many schools for any number of reasons.

As far as informal goes, chapters have to wait until formal recruitment is over to start informal. At most schools, this means they can begin as soon as Bid Day because that event officially marks the end of formal recruitment.

[violetpretty]

According to irishpipes' recruitment results thread, quota was 30 this year and 30 last year. People were saying that a record number of women registered, so maybe they were expecting the new member classes to be bigger. What probably happened was that a lot of girls either dropped out before preference and they probably had a lot of girls suicide.

[UWcutie]

Originally Posted by northwestgirl

Thank you all for your support. Please know that I am VERY happy with my choice and informal parties are already starting for me.

Which brings me to my question, does any uw alum know what happened at bid day? I heard from a friend's mom that over 300 girls didn't show up. I am sure that this is exaggerated, but I noticed that chapters pledge classes look at LOT smaller then they said they would be. I didn't know that informal started on bid day...I thought this was strange...not that I'm one to know....

Oh, and my friends are very happy with their houses!!!
One recieved a bid from Alpha Gamma Delta, one from Delta Gamma, one from Delta Zeta and one from Thetas!!! They are very very happy!!!

Two of my friends also dropped out, and one decided that she's not going through informal either, which was sad.
I'll keep everyone posted with informal!

And again, thank you all.

There was not over 300 peeps that didn't show up. The people that didn't come were just the girls that didn't recieve bids. All the houses had pretty big new groups.

Wow you have a friend in DZ?!!! That is where I am. Fun times!

Good luck with informal recruitment!!! <3

[honeychile]

Three Hundred women not receiving bids is much too many, though! SIP/Suicide needs to be seriously discussed, or maybe Panhel needs to check out the other possible reasons for this. Were Release Figures used, or maybe used for the first time? They do take a little getting used to using, at some schools.

When this many people are spurned at ONE school, it makes the whole Greek System look bad.