UGA Recruitment Winds Down

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by melongirl

Got a copy of this forwarded to me:

I'm not sure why you felt the need to include chapter size...

[MerryGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

I'm not sure why you felt the need to include chapter size...

I think chapter size is an interesting statistic. Not from a house to house comparison but from a growth of the sorority numbers at a school. For example, at San Diego State house size was about 100-125, in the past 3 years new member classes have grown and house total is now 180+ which has created all sorts of new challenges. Housing , budgeting etc. And it can show it is time to add a new chapter.

That's my 2 cents

[AGDee]

I also think it shows that, as I posted earlier this season, in one of these threads, that all the chapters are so large that you are bound to find a group within the larger group with whom you feel "at home" whether you are a scholar, athlete, party girl, introvert, leader, follower, actress, musician, cheerleader, etc. However, happening to meet that group during recruitment rotation is a roll of the dice, isn't it?

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by MerryGPhiB

I think chapter size is an interesting statistic. Not from a house to house comparison but from a growth of the sorority numbers at a school. For example, at San Diego State house size was about 100-125, in the past 3 years new member classes have grown and house total is now 180+ which has created all sorts of new challenges. Housing , budgeting etc. And it can show it is time to add a new chapter.

That's my 2 cents

It is an interesting statistic. But, we don't have past statistics posted here. We have one year of data. Let's get real and admit that some will look at those totals and make harsh judgements. Why is it so important for GC to know what each chapter's size is? It's not. I find it incomprehensible that people would rather know and make it harder for the smaller chapters to recruit b/c of it.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

It is an interesting statistic. But, we don't have past statistics posted here. We have one year of data. Let's get real and admit that some will look at those totals and make harsh judgements. Why is it so important for GC to know what each chapter's size is? It's not. I find it incomprehensible that people would rather know and make it harder for the smaller chapters to recruit b/c of it.

Good point, harder for those of us from chapters where Total is 45, so none of these chapters look "small" to us. I guess a range like "total membership ranges from 150 to 200" would also give us the type of info we'd like to know.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

It is an interesting statistic. But, we don't have past statistics posted here. We have one year of data. Let's get real and admit that some will look at those totals and make harsh judgements. Why is it so important for GC to know what each chapter's size is? It's not. I find it incomprehensible that people would rather know and make it harder for the smaller chapters to recruit b/c of it.

Actually, the harsh judgments probably wouldn't make much sense to anyone who is going to UGA. There doesn't seem to be a very tight relationship with "tiers" and size, as near as I can tell, in these days of release figures and quota additions.

A couple of groups are under total and will probably be CORing, but they are completely within striking distance of total, and that's worth celebrating too, especially if you look at the membership progress they are making.

[I.C. a Pi Phi]

What is the official total anyway? I thought recently it was 180-- so most of these would be above.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by I.C. a Pi Phi

What is the official total anyway? I thought recently it was 180-- so most of these would be above.

I actually thought it was 170 but I don't know.

ETA: does anyone remember what the UGA thread was called last spring when four groups were CORing? I thought it had the figure for total.