Alabama Recruitment Prediction (Fall 2008)

[33girl]

Originally Posted by bamamom4

Thanks for the info in Alpha Phi. I was wondering about the already established sororities. Would girls have another chance as upperclassmen?

They might. But I would not count on it - i.e. I wouldn't skip finding out about A Phi because one of the sororities that cut me as a freshman might give me a bid when I'm a sophomore.

Unless you know that the sorority she is interested in is far under total and needs to COB many women to get to total, I would urge her to check out this opportunity.

ETA - I got kind of dizzy reading this thread - did everyone make quota? Is everyone at total after that?

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by 33girl

ETA - I got kind of dizzy reading this thread - did everyone make quota? Is everyone at total after that?

I believe the consensus was that everyone did make quota except Pi Phi and Gamma Phi. However, Pi Phi was only one under, so it's very possible they've already filled that position.

bamamom4, I must second everyone else who says your daughter should really check out Alpha Phi. I don't know if she was released from all chapters or she withdrew from recruitment because she wasn't happy with her options. It's my opinion that usually a woman's chances aren't terribly expanded as a sophomore - in other words, a house that didn't want her as a freshman probably isn't going to want her as a sophomore, except in some rare circumstances. If there are houses that were interested in her that she wasn't willing to consider, perhaps after a year at Alabama, she will reconsider and those houses might give her another look. However, sometimes chapters are insulted when a PNM basically refuses to join them - they can figure this out pretty easily.

Again, she should really check out Alpha Phi. It is her best option at this point.

Does anyone know when the COB/COR moratorium begins in order to allow Alpha Phi's colonization to move forward? If anyone is interested in Gamma Phi for example, they should move fast and speak to their recruitment counselor to see if COB would be an option there.

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

Does anyone know when the COB/COR moratorium begins in order to allow Alpha Phi's colonization to move forward? If anyone is interested in Gamma Phi for example, they should move fast and speak to their recruitment counselor to see if COB would be an option there.

Didn't a similar thing happen to Gamma Phi last year? I could have sworn it did, and they were able to snap up more girls. It was a GREAT recruitment.

Yay for kk_bama and her chapter!

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by OTW

Didn't a similar thing happen to Gamma Phi last year? I could have sworn it did, and they were able to snap up more girls. It was a GREAT recruitment.

Yay for kk_bama and her chapter!

Oh, I'm not sure - I do remember hearing how awesome Gamma Phi did at Bama last year!

But yes, if anyone is interested in joining there now that the major drama has died down, they should find out their options on that really quickly because the chapters won't be allowed to offer bids after a certain date to prepare the way for Alpha Phi.