Bama Fraternities

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by jmagnus

Rush in the fall. Meet all the Greek orgs. Tell them your beliefs and see what their reaction is.

Once you meet the brothers you will probably be able to tell which ones you would fit in best with. Be careful though. I'm not going to lie, people can be very fake during rush events.

That won't cut it at a lot of Southern schools. Most top houses will basically be done putting their pledge classes together by the time formal rush roles around.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by Kevin

That won't cut it at a lot of Southern schools. Most top houses will basically be done putting their pledge classes together by the time formal rush roles around.

That gives me the heeby geebies.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

That gives me the heeby geebies.

Why?

We already know who we want.

I would venture to say that 3/4ths of the Fall pledge class is already signed before for Formal Rush. The 1/4th we find through rush or already know alot about them but aren't sure.

edit: at Arkansas you can't "officially sign" someone. Early bid cards are a way of getting someone to commit, even though it has no real bearing.

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

Why?

We already know who we want.

I would venture to say that 3/4ths of the Fall pledge class is already signed before for Formal Rush. The 1/4th we find through rush or already know alot about them but aren't sure.

That sounds about right. Most IFC recruitment at Bama occurs prior to the official Formal Recruitment in the fall. Any interested guys need to get themselves "out there" now.

FYI - That's how it was with my older brothers at the Univ of Illinois back in the early 80's. Same thing when I was a Little Sister helping the guys rush in the late 80's. I have no idea if it's still like that today.

[DG4evah]

At my children's private school here in Mobile, AL, there are several high school boys who already have the fraternity stickers on their cars. I started noticing them before Christmas!

I know that's the way it is, but all this early rushing doesn't seem fair to those who are coming in from out of state. They did send out an IFC brochure outlining how they give out bids during recruitment.

As far as sorority recruitment goes, some around here think being from one of the bigger cities, say like Mobile or Birmingham, actually hurts your chances. That it's too competitive. Just a theory based on seeing lots of great girls get cut at Auburn and Alabama from Mobile and other larger cities in Alabama.

Is there a quota of some kind in fraternities at Alabama, or Auburn,for certain areas? At Southern Miss (granted- not a big Greek School) we never had a quota, but certain sororities and fraternities did pull an unusual amount from certain areas. Still, it was pretty spread out, not that localized.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by DG4evah

Is there a quota of some kind in fraternities at Alabama, or Auburn,for certain areas? At Southern Miss (granted- not a big Greek School) we never had a quota, but certain sororities and fraternities did pull an unusual amount from certain areas. Still, it was pretty spread out, not that localized.

I wouldn't call it a "quota" but the same as most other fraternities throughout the SEC and elsewhere tend to pull guys from certain areas specifically. For example, I could name the predominant cities/schools that each fraternity at Arkansas pulls from.

[DG4evah]

Yeah, that's what I figured.

Now, do fraternities at Alabama have a certain number of new members to shoot for, like sororities do? For instance, ours was up to 30 new members. We couldn't get more than that.

I noticed on the Scholarship and Membership totals from Fall 2006 (they didn't have a more recent one up) that the new member number for each fraternity is all over the place.

[Lucky SC]

Originally Posted by Kevin

That won't cut it at a lot of Southern schools. Most top houses will basically be done putting their pledge classes together by the time formal rush roles around.

yea i did spring rush for SAE at South Carolina, i just got accepted and am now a pledge, i know especially at Bama a lot of people know eachother from highschool and the local area. So you might want to look for someone you know really well who went there before you and pledged.

I got friends who are Kappa Sig there at Bama and i know connections to older brothers known previously was key because they stuck up for you on voting.

So in other words if you know a lot of people in one i'd go fall, if you don't then try and get to know them in your classes and go spring. It doesn't hurt to try fall though, if all else fails you are right where you started.

[bamagirl09]

Call the greek life office. Ask for the VP of Recruitment. He can give you all the phone numbers and emails of the rush chairs for every house. Call them up or email them and most of them will invite you to at least one rush event. DON'T wait until the fall to start looking. You will end up in a university house...you'll know what I mean when you get here. ATO sounds like a good option for you, but there are tons of guys in most of the houses that sound like you. They just don't get the attention because they don't fit the stereotype the CW likes to portray of everyone.