2008-09 SEC Recruitment Thread

[Just interested]

Does Georgia not have Quota Additions if you follow all the rules and make it to pref?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Just interested

Does Georgia not have Quota Additions if you follow all the rules and make it to pref?

I'm no expert or official, but here's what I think:

In the past, they've had quota additions, but they don't guarantee bids even if you maximize apparently. So, it's possible that a girl could just be too far down the bid list to make it even if she maximizes, especially if she only preffed one house and has only one place she can be added.

On the other hand, she does have a better chance than just regular bid matching would allow if she's close to the point on the list at which the group made quota.

(Up until last year, I though that QAs meant that a girl would be matched no matter what if she maximized, but not at UGA at least.)

[NUBlue&Blue]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I'm no expert or official, but here's what I think:

In the past, they've had quota additions, but they don't guarantee bids even if you maximize apparently. So, it's possible that a girl could just be too far down the bid list to make it even if she maximizes, especially if she only preffed one house and has only one place she can be added.

On the other hand, she does have a better chance than just regular bid matching would allow if she's close to the point on the list at which the group made quota.

(Up until last year, I though that QAs meant that a girl would be matched no matter what if she maximized, but not at UGA at least.)

This is what happened to one of my daughter's close friends last year (that's how we learned about it together, UGAalum94, remember?!) She was heartbroken, to say the least. She was just too far down the bid list and the chapter was at total even though it was smaller than some of the other chapters at UGA, they couldn't take her.

However, a couple of weeks later she accepted a bid to another chapter through COB and was named their outstanding new member last year. Her picture even appeared in this year's Pointer on that chapter's page.

Four chapters did COB in the spring, and the chapter that she had preffed during formal rush ended up participating, but she is very happy where she pledged and is already serving in a leadership position.

So, the moral of the story is......heartbreak happens. What you do with it after that is up to you.

[barnard1897]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

So, the moral of the story is......heartbreak happens. What you do with it after that is up to you.

So true, and so well put! These are great words of advice for life in general and certainly for PNMs. If we all let the social hierarchy of a campus sorority system dictate the people we become, what a sad world that would be!

The questions each PNM must ask herself, especially if going through an extremely competitive FR at an SEC school, are: Do I want to be a part of a sorority at this big Greek campus, and work hard to make it a home for myself, even if it may not be the place I thought I wanted to be? Did I only want this in order to attach a name to myself, or can I make a good name for myself anywhere from which I am lucky enough to receive a bid ?

4 years goes by in a flash (ok, 5 for those on an extended plan....). While it may matter to an handful of folks whether you were an xyz or abc, or where, for most of your life, you'll be seen solely as a member of the greater organization, and regarded for how you contribute.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

This is what happened to one of my daughter's close friends last year (that's how we learned about it together, UGAalum94, remember?!) She was heartbroken, to say the least. She was just too far down the bid list and the chapter was at total even though it was smaller than some of the other chapters at UGA, they couldn't take her.

However, a couple of weeks later she accepted a bid to another chapter through COB and was named their outstanding new member last year. Her picture even appeared in this year's Pointer on that chapter's page.

Four chapters did COB in the spring, and the chapter that she had preffed during formal rush ended up participating, but she is very happy where she pledged and is already serving in a leadership position.

So, the moral of the story is......heartbreak happens. What you do with it after that is up to you.

Yep, that's exactly how I learned it. I thought the policy at UGA was like Arkansas's so it was a little sad to me that it didn't work that way. I'm glad it worked out for your daughter's friend.

[BBelleADPi]

Update on my rec girl at UGA.

She's a direct legacy to Delta Zeta (grandmother), Delta, Delta, Delta (mother), and Zeta Tau Alpha (sister.)

She has a had a fabulous rush!

Today she is preffing at 3 awesome chapters; a bid from any of these will be wonderful!

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by BBelleADPi

Update on my rec girl at UGA.

She's a direct legacy to Delta Zeta (grandmother), Delta, Delta, Delta (mother), and Zeta Tau Alpha (sister.)

She has a had a fabulous rush!

Today she is preffing at 3 awesome chapters; a bid from any of these will be wonderful!

Are those the chapters she is preffing?

[BBelleADPi]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Are those the chapters she is preffing?

One of them is!

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by BBelleADPi

One of them is!

Excellent! I didn't mean to pry so much as I was astonished that after all we hear about legacy cuts that she had kept them all.

[BBelleADPi]

Sorry-I didn't mean to imply that she was preffing all her legacy chapters-I should have clarified!

[shadden]

Glad to hear that rush is going well for some - I continue to hear that a very high number of girls have dropped out or been cut out this year - many after 2nd or 3rd round. Maybe it is just that more I know personally have had bad luck. Just went up for prefs at my house and it was beautiful - my heart just hurts for the girls who have been disappointed by the process.