Georgia Recruitment

[IHeartUGA]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

UGA GCers, how likely is it that the sororities will remember that someone is a 4x legacy to a chapter? Do UGA sorority members tend to remember PNMs that re-rush in general?

Yes, we do...or at least my chapter does. If we get a rec on a girl, we definately remember her.

[UGAalum94]

DGDramaDawg,

You are certainly right that some high schools are that way, in terms of almost a built in rec. system. My school doesn't seem to have that culture, and I think my reaction had to do with maybe misunderstanding what was expressed. I took the comment to mean that UGA sent recruitment info. to the in state girls, rather than high schools girls just getting advice and information. To be honest, I think the in-state value in terms of information is in the alumnae system, whether it's in the high school or not.

I can sometimes point people toward a few alumnae from other groups, and in the last year or so, I've come to fully appreciate what our local alumnae panhellenic does.

(They'll get a girl a rec for every house* on the campus where she is going, in-state, out-of-state, whatever AND they work really hard to find alumnae who personally know the girl, so it's not just info only. It's pretty amazing.)

*The local alumna panhellenic president even tries to find people from groups without current AP members. She's pretty spectacular and I don't know that all Alumnae Panhellenics do as much, but they do have them out of state.

[TennesseeDeltaG]

Originally Posted by hollywin

Thank you so much for your honest answers.
My daughter went through UGA rush in the fall and ended up dropping out, so she did not qualify for a snap bid.

I was in a sorority at UGA, I am so amazed at how things have changed. Legacies were so important in my day. After all if it were not for them the chapter would not be where they are today.

Recomendations were also important. We looked at each one. My daughter had at one house 3 recs and a sister rec and was still not invited to a Spring rush party !!
Courtesy was a huge part of my sorority in my day. How sad that times have changed.

The decision to participate in next years rush is up to her. I will not either encourage or discourage. She can make her own decision. She has a wonderful GPA and so many UGA activities. I am so proud of her.

Legacies and recs are still a very important part of recruitment. DG strives to pledge a certain percentage of legacies every year. Also, just because you daughter had recs, does not necessarily guarantee that the recs endorsed her.

I don't know if this is true for UGA, but at UT a PNM who has dropped out of formal fall recruitment previously is much more likely to get cut in recruitment. If she does decide to rush next fall as a sophomore, she will have a very difficult time, but it is possible for her to get a bid.

UGA is an SEC school and let's face it, just about every chapter there is great. Instead of setting her sights on the "biggest and best" houses you should encourage her to keep an open mind through out recruitment. There is nothing better than being Greek and it's an experience that she will carry with her for the rest of her life.