Recruitment Fall 2007-Spring 2008

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Ohio State University:
Quota was 25, Chapter Total is 100

Alpha Chi Omega-17
Alpha Gamma Delta - 19
Alpha Omicron Pi-10
Kappa Kappa Gamma- 20
Delta Gamma- 25
Alpha Phi- 24
Kappa Delta-23
Pi Beta Phi- 12
Kappa Alpha Theta- 19
Delta Zeta- 12
Delta Delta Delta- 25
Alpha Epsilon Phi- 23
Alpha Xi Delta- 15
Chi Omega- 25

I have always wondered why there isn't more interest in sororities at Ohio State? The campus with the largest undergrad enrollment in the country and only 300-some-odd women pledge each year?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I have always wondered why there isn't more interest in sororities at Ohio State? The campus with the largest undergrad enrollment in the country and only 300-some-odd women pledge each year?

Alpha Delta Pi had a chapter there until about 4-5 years ago. They had decent memberships numbers, but no one would live in the house. I'm sure there were more issues than that, but IMHO, when you have a somewhat urban campus, people often find more to do than greek life permits.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Alpha Delta Pi had a chapter there until about 4-5 years ago. They had decent memberships numbers, but no one would live in the house. I'm sure there were more issues than that, but IMHO, when you have a somewhat urban campus, people often find more to do than greek life permits.

You are correct. The same year that ADPi left, so did DPhiE. Sigma Delta Tau and Phi Mu left in the 90s and Zeta Tau Alpha have left in the late 80s. Kappa Delta did a huge recolonization in the 80s which took them from a low of 20 members to total.

Many of the houses are physically large. Ours held 56 (out of 100 in the chapter), so when you back out pledges, those traveling abroad and locals, it basically means everyone has to live in the house. This has been a big problem for several chapters

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

You are correct. The same year that ADPi left, so did DPhiE. Sigma Delta Tau and Phi Mu left in the 90s and Zeta Tau Alpha have left in the late 80s. Kappa Delta did a huge recolonization in the 80s which took them from a low of 20 members to total.

Many of the houses are physically large. Ours held 56 (out of 100 in the chapter), so when you back out pledges, those traveling abroad and locals, it basically means everyone has to live in the house. This has been a big problem for several chapters

Our house (I forget who has it now - AXD?) slept 55, and only 5 women were willing to live in it, despite the numbers. At the time, I said that it showed more troubles with the house mother/housing corp than the chapter, but since I'm not there, I'm not really "in the know". Besides, my old chapter inherited a lot of their furnishings - a real coup for them!

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I have always wondered why there isn't more interest in sororities at Ohio State? The campus with the largest undergrad enrollment in the country and only 300-some-odd women pledge each year?

This is a good example of North vs. South. OSU is a pretty liberal university, and a lot of students come in with pre-conceived notions that they don't fit the stereotype (I have a niece in that situation right now). Also, there is so much to do on the campus that you really don't need a GLO to become involved in leadership. I think only 3-5% of undergrads that are Greek.

Sororities are limited to a house total of 100, so low pledge numbers may or may not mean they are already at total. When I was in school, total was 105 and 15 of the 18 houses were full. Now, there are only 14 chapters, but loads of Multi-Cultural chapters

I'm not sure if they have early release. I know in last year's FR, many of the traditionally more popular houses did not make quota or total, which is why Alpha Gamma Delta did so well during their re-colonization, which followed Formal Rush.

Except for Miami of Ohio, the state of Ohio in general is not a big Greek conclave. Growing up, the only thing I knew about GLOs was that my cousin was in one (didn't even know that my dad was Greek). It isn't the center of your life, your parents do not necessarily have the same friends they did in school or college, there were no teas or preparation, and nothing was mentioned about GLOs at my high school. When I was going through Rush and for the first time read about Recs, my mom had to ask around to find women that were in sororities. It turns out, many of her friends were Greek, but she didn't know it because it never came into a conversation.

Most houses are now doing COB, which was unheard of when I was in school in the 80s. I don't have the exact number that went through recruitment, but I was to say that I heard 800-900 were signed up.