Auburn Recruitment

[HuskyAlum]

Originally Posted by AuburnMom08

I'm almost positive a similar story went around last year when my daughter was going thru recruitment lol.

From first hand knowledge, this would be false.

Auburn uses ICS, which after years of being out on the market is utterly fool proof right about now. When I was Panhel President we had the Panhel VP of Recruitment "accidentally" hit "some button" and wiped out all PNM & chapter selections. HOWEVER, the folks at ICS use way complicated programs and all of the information was backed up. So the likelyhood of any REAL computer glitches at ANY campus that uses ICS is, IMHO, impossible.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by HuskyAlum

From first hand knowledge, this would be false.

Auburn uses ICS, which after years of being out on the market is utterly fool proof right about now. When I was Panhel President we had the Panhel VP of Recruitment "accidentally" hit "some button" and wiped out all PNM & chapter selections. HOWEVER, the folks at ICS use way complicated programs and all of the information was backed up. So the likelyhood of any REAL computer glitches at ANY campus that uses ICS is, IMHO, impossible.

YES.

Like I said before, "computer glitches" are typically recruitment rumor or urban legend.

It's always something crazy like "I heard that I was supposed to be invited back to Alpha, but there was a computer glitch and it erased my name."

Nope. Doesn't happen.

[katijane]

Originally Posted by HuskyAlum

From first hand knowledge, this would be false.

Auburn uses ICS, which after years of being out on the market is utterly fool proof right about now. When I was Panhel President we had the Panhel VP of Recruitment "accidentally" hit "some button" and wiped out all PNM & chapter selections. HOWEVER, the folks at ICS use way complicated programs and all of the information was backed up. So the likelyhood of any REAL computer glitches at ANY campus that uses ICS is, IMHO, impossible.

I just had to hop in (a little late) and say that this very same thing happened at our campus last year. I was VP of Recruitment and our President at the time was "working on something", when, all of a sudden all of the data "mysteriously" dissapeared. It was our first year using ICS, so of course everyone was worried (from hearing horror stories) but after a few small heart attacks we got all of the data back and finished up the weekend swimmingly!!

[Zillini]

I can't remember the specifics, but I remember hearing from one of my I/O's there were some sort of massive computer problems and I'm pretty sure it was last year. I'll check with her when I talk to her next.

[GPhiBLtColonel]

Ya know, our little U of I hijack actually does tie in to Auburn - they both have blue and orange for school colors, right?

Anyways, I am just dying to hear how things went today - I wrote a lot of recs (including one for a gal referred to me by Carnation)!

[FSUZeta]

can't wait to hear some auburn updates.

[MaggieXi]

We had a computer issue last year, but it wasn't because of ICS. It was that during recruitment, the IT services took the network down for updates. The issue was fixed once Greek Life finally got ahold of IT!

[HuskyAlum]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

We had a computer issue last year, but it wasn't because of ICS. It was that during recruitment, the IT services took the network down for updates. The issue was fixed once Greek Life finally got ahold of IT!

OK... now that makes sense as opposed to an ICS issue. This type of problem still has no effect on the placement of PNMs or how chapter party lists look.

[MSKKG]

My friend's daughter pledged Chi O, and her roomie and one of her suitemates pledged Theta. I saw that a hometown girl pledged DZ.

[TigerOwl]

WooHoo---my 9 PNM's that I wrote letters of recommendation--all received bids from 7 different sororities. That's a success in my book! One AOPi, two AlphaXi's, one ChiO, two DZ's, one GammaPhi, one Theta and one PiPhi.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by TigerOwl

WooHoo---my 9 PNM's that I wrote letters of recommendation--all received bids from 7 different sororities. That's a success in my book! One AOPi, two AlphaXi's, one ChiO, two DZ's, one GammaPhi, one Theta and one PiPhi.

...and a partridge in a pear tree

[FloridaTish]

Congrats to all the new members of Gamma Phi Beta and to all the new members in Auburn's sororities!!!

[FSUZeta]

oh my gosh-IT guys never seem to have very good timing!

[AuburnMom08]

I don't remember and I haven't heard from my daughter yet but I will ask her when she calls.

If yours is tired of the hectic schedule tell her to just wait til next year lol.

[pam713]

Got a text from my daughter. She has a full schedule of her "top twelve." She's glad to be in a t-shirt and shorts and comfy shoes today. They can visit up to seven chapters for skit round.