Georgia Recruitment

[hollywin]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I see what you're saying here. I think alot of moms ignoring the warnings is that some moms don't just want their little girl to be an ABC, they want her to be an ABC at THEIR school. It is more important for her to be a Big Southern State U ABC than it is for her to be an ABC at all.

Some moms maybe yes. Others no. In my case my daughter chose her school from 4 she was accepted to. I was not devastated that she was cut by my sorority, my comment was that I felt bad actually that her strong legacy hurt her chances with the other 16 sororities.

My daughter approached rush with a very open mind. She new going in that being from out of state she would not know anyone in the sororities.
She knew it would be tough. While my sorority experience was wonderful it has been a very long time since college. Things change. All this mom wanted was for her daughter to be happy !! Rush was hard. Getting cut from all but 1 after the second round does hurt your self esteem . As a parent, many of you will find, seeing your child hurt is the most difficult thing you can go through.
Like I said my daughter has joined many wonderful organizations and is loving UGA. She did hope that she could enhance her experience by being in a sorority. If this is what she wants I will support her in every way. We come from a large family of greeks and she has many legacies not just mine.

My daughter chose Ga. first and foremost for the education that she knew she would receive and she grew up knowing UGA as a school not defined by the sorority her mom was in, but for the great school it is. I think from what I see Ga. has 17 wonderful sororities. If she wants to go through again I hope it will work out for her. That's all this mom wants for her child.

[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.