Alabama Recruitment

[AnchorAlumna]

(Putting on swami turban) I predict quota will probably be around 70 to 75...I think last year it was 80 or 82...you can see why UA brought in Alpha Phi last year and is scheduled to bring in another sorority.

Ole Miss hit a quota of around 92 a year or two ago.

Sheesh. Too big for me. I don't know how they have chapter meetings and not violate fire codes.

[Nhfulmer]

Sheesh. Too big for me. I don't know how they have chapter meetings and not violate fire codes.

What makes you think they don't violate it - of course they do! Fire code is the reason they had to add more rush parties a couple of years ago - between the chapter members and the rushees, the fire marshall was freaking out.

The number I've heard for quote is around 75 for freshmen.

[magnoliacurious]

AnchorAlumna, actually after thinking about Alpha Phi's presence affecting the equation a little more, an overall quota of 70 to 75 isn't quite as steep a drop as I thought moments ago. You may very well be right on target!

[magnoliacurious]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

(Putting on swami turban) I predict quota will probably be around 70 to 75...I think last year it was 80 or 82...you can see why UA brought in Alpha Phi last year and is scheduled to bring in another sorority.

Ole Miss hit a quota of around 92 a year or two ago.

Sheesh. Too big for me. I don't know how they have chapter meetings and not violate fire codes.

When you say quota, do you mean just the freshman quota or the overall quota including the upperclassman quota? Because I think for rush in 2007, the freshman quota (the one I hear that's official) was 73 and the upperclassman quota was 7 for an overall unofficial quota of 80 and this year's total number signed up is a little higher than 2007 (although of course there's now one more sorority).

BTW, I think last years' Ole Miss quota was 84, it may well have been 92 shortly before that.

[Bear]

I heard skit day went very well at every house today. Tomorrow is a big day, Preference Day. The girls can visit up to three houses. Good luck to all. Zillini do you know what the quotes are for each house this year?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by magnoliacurious

When you say quota, do you mean just the freshman quota or the overall quota including the upperclassman quota? Because I think for rush in 2007, the freshman quota (the one I hear that's official) was 73 and the upperclassman quota was 7 for an overall unofficial quota of 80 and this year's total number signed up is a little higher than 2007 (although of course there's now one more sorority).

BTW, I think last years' Ole Miss quota was 84, it may well have been 92 shortly before that.

Overall.
Do you mean 2008? Instead of 2007? I had understood (thanks to Zillini) that the total amount starting was roughly the same as 2008...maybe a dozen or so less. Or more. But roughly the same.
Yes, having another sorority to put into the equation will definitely affect numbers.
I believe Ole Miss' quota was 92 a couple or three years ago.

[magnoliacurious]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Overall.
Do you mean 2008? Instead of 2007? I had understood (thanks to Zillini) that the total amount starting was roughly the same as 2008...maybe a dozen or so less. Or more. But roughly the same.
Yes, having another sorority to put into the equation will definitely affect numbers.
I believe Ole Miss' quota was 92 a couple or three years ago.

No, I mean 2007. I remember seeing that 1410 signed up for Alabama sorority rush that year as opposed to last years' record of 1604. Also, I remember Zillini saying on this thread last year that freshman quota at Bama' was 78 and upperclassman quota 8 for an overall total of 86. Assuming all this is true, a 70 to 75 overall quota would seem like quite a steep drop; but that number does sound about right for freshman quota this year.

Perhaps interestingly, back to the Ole Miss quota thing, I remember a couple of years ago OleMissGlitter giving on this board the total number of women signed up for Ole Miss sorority recruitment year-by-year since about 2000. I think 2003 was the record year for Ole Miss sorority rush, that year about 900 girls signed up. According to a Daily Mississippian article that year "About 1,500 join greek organizations", quota was 86 with all nine sororities at Ole Miss making quota. In that record year at Ole Miss, quota was exactly equal to Alabama's overall last year, although Ole Miss doesn't currently have an upperclassman quota. But if I remember right from OleMissGlitter's numbers, about 890 girls signed up for Ole Miss sorority rush in 2006, so yeah, maybe quota was 92 that year. If so, sounds like Ole Miss Panhellenic had a really good year with placement!