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Old 08-03-2009, 03:55 PM
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Just wondering.....Forgive me if I sound ignorant (and I am in no way suggesting that the OP does not need recs). However, from what i understand, rush at UCF is not uber competitive. I could be wrong, so the OP should not take this as Gospel.

It is just that if you listen to the kids, they make UF and FSU sound like the competitive rushes here in Florida with no other school coming in at even a close second.
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Old 08-03-2009, 03:58 PM
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Just wondering.....Forgive me if I sound ignorant (and I am in no way suggesting that the OP does not need recs). However, from what i understand, rush at UCF is not uber competitive. I could be wrong, so the OP should not take this as Gospel.

It is just that if you listen to the kids, they make UF and FSU sound like the competitive rushes here in Florida with no other school coming in at even a close second.
Based on what I have heard, it is competitive, but not to the extent of UF or FSU. For example, I've heard of transfers, sophs, and even juniors getting bids there (even though they get cut heavily), while you hear less of that at FSU or UF.

I think the main thing wth UCF is that the number of PNMs is increasing every year, which makes recs even more necessary.
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Old 08-03-2009, 04:19 PM
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Just wondering.....Forgive me if I sound ignorant (and I am in no way suggesting that the OP does not need recs). However, from what i understand, rush at UCF is not uber competitive. I could be wrong, so the OP should not take this as Gospel.

It is just that if you listen to the kids, they make UF and FSU sound like the competitive rushes here in Florida with no other school coming in at even a close second.
The thing to remember is that just because a school is smaller than the state's flagship school(s) or has (gasp!) campus owned housing, does not mean that the value of a rec is decreased.

I went to a small private school in Texas. Everyone will tell you about UTexas rush and that it is competitive. Even on these boards that is the school that everyone will reference (and with good reason) with regards to obtaining recs.

However, piddly ol' TCU, with its 5000 undergrads when i was there, had a "Recs are Mandatory" mentality. I do not know of a single woman who received a bid to a chapter that she did not have a rec to.

I know nothing of the system at UCF, but just want to caution anyone who assumes that just because a campus isn't "The Big School" that things are more relaxed with regards to recs. Not necessarily so.
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Old 08-03-2009, 07:33 PM
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The thing to remember is that just because a school is smaller than the state's flagship school(s) or has (gasp!) campus owned housing, does not mean that the value of a rec is decreased.

I went to a small private school in Texas. Everyone will tell you about UTexas rush and that it is competitive. Even on these boards that is the school that everyone will reference (and with good reason) with regards to obtaining recs.

However, piddly ol' TCU, with its 5000 undergrads when i was there, had a "Recs are Mandatory" mentality. I do not know of a single woman who received a bid to a chapter that she did not have a rec to.

I know nothing of the system at UCF, but just want to caution anyone who assumes that just because a campus isn't "The Big School" that things are more relaxed with regards to recs. Not necessarily so.
I understand what you are saying, but the size of the school has nothing to do with this situation. I don't have hard numbers for you, but here in Florida the two biggest schools in terms of enrollment are UF and UCF (about 50k for these). FSU has a slightly lower enrollment (in the 40,000's I believe.)

Also, I believe the Florida legislature has designated UCF as one of the state's 3 flagships.

However, what you are saying may apply in the sense that UCF is new, compared to the other two. UF and FSU have been around since before 1900 and UCF was established in 1963. So, I guess, to reiterate what you said, don't assume recs are not important because of this statistic.

However, I really wasn't assuming anything in my post above. I was asking because I really didn't know the answer and was obviously under a very false impression.

Did Ocalagirl every post anything ever again? Or did she just fade away?

Just curious
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Old 08-03-2009, 09:25 PM
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Did Ocalagirl every post anything ever again? Or did she just fade away?

Just curious


Oh yes she sure did. She posted all over the site about how she made a huge mistake during recruitment (with the whole listing groups on her final card that she didn't even pref thing). She then went on to accuse GCers of sabotaging her recruitment (even though her stupidity did a good job of that).

She resolved that she was going to rush at another school but wasn't going to tell any of us which. Then she attempted to locate and buy sorority rituals. She also made alot of really unsmart posts here. I believe that really offended some sorority alumnae and they may or may nor have written no recs for her.

So when she got to her new school (which I believe was UNF), she was cut by everyone by the 3rd day.

PS: I'm really upset that peeps weren't QFPing back in the day so that you could see her posts in all their glory, lol.

Seriously, she said "I went to DEF, XYZ, and ABC for pref, but I didn't like them, so can I just put MN, BBQ, and CDO n my final list?"

We were all like "Yeah, if you don't want to get a bid."
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Old 08-04-2009, 12:04 AM
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So when she got to her new school (which I believe was UNF), she was cut by everyone by the 3rd day.
I believe that she went to UNF too...my school is in Jax too, and she pm'ed me and asked me about the competiveness of recruitment

Good luck to those rushing at UCF!
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