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Old 08-17-2009, 07:01 PM
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Hopefully this works....


Hmmm Apparently I need to dust off the old Photobucket.
use tiny pic.never had a bandwith problem with it.
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Old 08-17-2009, 07:03 PM
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Old 08-17-2009, 07:06 PM
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I love that you had to take 2 pics because the group is that huge.

(at least that's what I think you did).
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Old 08-17-2009, 07:08 PM
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I love that you had to take 2 pics because the group is that huge.

(at least that's what I think you did).
Yep, I suppose I'll have to invest in a panoramic lens for next year, lol. Or ask Zillini if I can get up on ADPi's porch to take photos. Ha.
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Old 08-17-2009, 07:42 PM
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There are a LOT of out of state girls listed. I don't see the evidence for out of state girls not getting bids, judging from the bid lists.

A casual glance netted at least 5 women from the Greater Cincinnati area.. Cinci, Loveland, Mason, Wyoming, and probably more if I were to look closely. Not to mention Kansas, northern Ohio, and other points definitely not deep, deep south.

It actually sounds from the numbers that the vast majority of women who wanted to be in a sorority got that chance. Dropping out prior to pref is not a sympathy getter for me either.

Here's to all the advisors who work so hard to make everything happen! Take a bow, and a drink. You earned it.
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Old 08-17-2009, 07:50 PM
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She would prefer to wait until her sophomore year to rush, but that might not be a good idea at Bama. Looks like upperclass women don't have as great an opportunity. I'm starting to worry about the OOS issue, she too doesn't know anyone at Bama.
No. This is a v. v. bad idea. As much as I hate saying this, she should rush as a freshman. Start getting her name out to alumnae now - and I believe there are pre-rush events that she can attend.
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Old 08-17-2009, 07:50 PM
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I have to say this. It's a little hard to take the PNMs and moms who come here to complain about having had no options/being cut when the truth is most of them admit they DID still have one or more chapters left on their party schedules when they dropped. But of course it was the dreaded "I just felt like I didn't fit in/click with chapter/s."

Those of us who have been on Greekchat for any length of time know that you're not complaining about being cut from the "top tier/beautiful model/rocket scientist/fraternity favorite/insert your tent talk hyperbole here chapter." It's because you didn't want the "struggling/smallest/fatty/ugly/lamest/insert your tent talk smash and bash here." The PNM was too good to be one of those.

You know what? Those were the women who wanted you; poor GPAs, lack of recs, poor social skills, out of state residence, body odor or other real or imagined issue. The truth is, the PNM rejected them and rejected the Bama Greek system. The Bama Greek system did not reject them.

Oh, and I am kind of astonished that anyone would think a 3.0 GPA coming out of high school equates with Phi Beta Kappa type expectations.
Another thank you for this. I know I weighed in on the grade issue before, and maybe this is harsh, but if you're coming into college with below a 3.0 these days, I would think that not getting into a sorority is not your biggest issue. My parents weren't Greek, so maybe they didn't care as much, but they sent me to college to get a degree. They are glad that I enjoyed my sorority experience, but would not have allowed me to continue if I didn't have the grades.
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Old 08-17-2009, 07:59 PM
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THIS.

I get that at these schools, rush is before school starts and it pretty much IS your life for a week and it comsumes you. So if things don't go your way, it's tough.

What I think people forget is that these are HUGE universities and once school starts, here comes the 80% of the population who could care less about recruitment and won't bat an eyelash at you getting cut (because they probably don't care).
This is another reason I hate the concept of before-school rush. No balance. There is NOTHING else going on; this is your whole world. (Why do you think all those people actually fall in love with the Bachelor/Bachelorette/Flavor Flav?)

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whats VST?
2nd--does it bother anyone else that the article says "pledged" instead of recieved bids.....
In this context, yes, it bothers me because it's grammatically incorrect, not because of the word itself. It should "recently were pledged to sororities" instead. "Pledged" makes it sound like they're done with their program and initiation is tomorrow.

There is a girl from Alaska who got a bid to Alpha Phi! I think she gets the distance award.

And thanks again to LL for saying what a LOT of people were thinking.
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:05 PM
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No. This is a v. v. bad idea. As much as I hate saying this, she should rush as a freshman. Start getting her name out to alumnae now - and I believe there are pre-rush events that she can attend.
33 girl, My daughter was also interested in auditioning for color guard, and band camp is the same time as rush. That is why she thought Sophomore year might be a good time for recruitment. Is it possible to be in band and a GLO?
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:11 PM
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33 girl, My daughter was also interested in auditioning for color guard, and band camp is the same time as rush. That is why she thought Sophomore year might be a good time for recruitment. Is it possible to be in band and a GLO?
I'm not from Bama - just have learned over time on GC that anyone going there who wants to rush has a better chance if they're a first semester freshman. Deferring to someone from there who knows more about the band issue.

And yeah, as OTW said, if she has band camp one year, she'll have it every year, no matter when she rushes. That does sound like both groups are pretty much saying "pick one."
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:12 PM
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At Bama, I think most would say that your BEST chance at recruitment is freshman year.
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:22 PM
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Thanks for your help. She has a few months to decide which route to take before spring events. I already know alumae in all but 3 GLOs, so we can get the recs for most. Also as she is a DG legacy, she could always take a shot at the colony if DG does decide to recolonize in 2011 or beyond. Looks like Alpha Phi was successful in colonizing, and hopefully DG will be as well.
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Old 08-17-2009, 09:21 PM
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My heart bleeds for you, which is why I’m risking responding. I post very rarely. I know a young woman (not from Alabama but from “up north”) who started UA in the fall of 2007. She decided to go through rush at the last minute without recs, etc. She received an invitation to one pref party and dropped out (I think before the party). She had a successful rush the next year and is now a proud sorority sister of a sorority which originally cut her as a freshman. I don’t think that grades are her strong point. I will get tripe for this but here goes…I was in a very small city in Alabama having lunch in March of 2009. One member of the group asked about the family of the Alabama resident in the group. He said that his daughter was having the time of her life. She was attending teas at UA and was going to live in Tutwiler (just like her mother did) even though she was eligible for the honors dorm. This happened before she even graduated from high school. I really do think that rush is especially hard for a freshman from out of state at UA. I think that many in state girls have someone pulling for them on the inside way before rush starts. Check out the post by a father of a U GA girl from out of state on another recruitment thread. However, because there is a separate quota (which to my uneducated eye seems pretty high) for upper classmen, it might be easier at UA for a sophomore at UA than at some other schools. In fact I wonder if the upper classman quota at UA is purposefully in place in order to pick up more out of state students. If your daughter likes and knows about football, have her check out the “A Team.” It is a group which escorts potential football recruits during games. She will have to sit with them and their families. But she will be on the field when the games start.
If you check the list of 1200 young women who accepted bids yesterday, many of them are from out of state. I didn't count but the number I've heard is that about half of last year's pledges were from out of state. Someone is getting the message and taking care of business. My girls from Charlotte were all covered and it looks as though about 15 of them are proud new sorority members. I know it looks like it would discriminate against out of state students but it really doesn't if they will take care of business - the problem is in getting them to believe that it is necessary.

Someone posted about a Louisiana Panhellenic not writing out of state recs. That is just plain ridiculous. I'm on the Executive Board of our local APH and we help any girl - regardless of where she is going.

In response to another post, as an advisor I have met and talked with a rushee and then signed a rec; however, this was at a school on the opposite end of the spectrum. At that school, we often didn't even know who was signed up for rush until the first day of parties and none of the five sororities on campus gave a second thought to recs. It just depends on where you are and at Bama, it's required.
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Old 08-17-2009, 09:46 PM
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Thank you for posting these.... They are so beautiful!!!!!!! I know all the little sisters will love Gamma Phi Beta !!!! I know I do!!!!!!
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Old 08-17-2009, 09:50 PM
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nhfulmer,but did you take her aside at a rush party, interview her and then write a rec. for her?
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