Alabama Recruitment

libelle · #1 08-19-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kk_bama

Have any of y'all read the novel Eating the Cheshire Cat by Helen Ellis? It mentioned a girl who didn't get into DDD at UA and immediately goes down to Auburn so she can get into DDD there. Of course now that couldn't happen because UA and AU Recruitment happens at the same time. lol.

Once upon a time the state universities in Alabama operated on different calendars. For eg Auburn and South (Alabama) were on the quarter system. Bama was on the semester system. Auburn and South began almost a month later than Bama. It was not unusual for a disappointed PNM to transfer to South which had/s a smaller Greek system. However, it would have been very unusual for a Bama student to transfer to Auburn. It would be heresy.

The calendars were rationalized so that everyone is on a semester calendar making it much easier to transfer among cc's and the universities. And now rush is almost concurrent across the campuses.

littleowl33 · #2 08-19-2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by libelle

Once upon a time the state universities in Alabama operated on different calendars. For eg Auburn and South (Alabama) were on the quarter system. Bama was on the semester system. Auburn and South began almost a month later than Bama. It was not unusual for a disappointed PNM to transfer to South which had/s a smaller Greek system. However, it would have been very unusual for a Bama student to transfer to Auburn. It would be heresy.

The calendars were rationalized so that everyone is on a semester calendar making it much easier to transfer among cc's and the universities. And now rush is almost concurrent across the campuses.

Out of curiosity, how is it possible to transfer from one University to another within a few weeks of the start of classes? That just seems like it's cutting it pretty close... can the student belatedly accept an offer of admission if she was accepted to both schools originally, or does she fill out a whole transfer app and go for rolling transfer admissions?

33girl · #3 08-19-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by littleowl33

Out of curiosity, how is it possible to transfer from one University to another within a few weeks of the start of classes? That just seems like it's cutting it pretty close... can the student belatedly accept an offer of admission if she was accepted to both schools originally, or does she fill out a whole transfer app and go for rolling transfer admissions?

That was a loooong time ago. If you ever read the book Goat Brothers (about Pi Kappa Alphas at Berkeley in the 1960s) it talks about how one of the characters hadn't decided yet on Berkeley or Stanford, but had signed letters of intent at both, and he chose the former because it was the first exit on the highway.

Football Fan · #4 08-19-2009, 12:46 PM

Panhellenic at Alabama is a long established system. Whatever the perceived faults of how things are done it has stood the test of time. For Kappa Delta it is a single letter chapter. Delta Delta Delta celebrates 95 years on campus in 2009.

Let us give some kudos to Panhellenic. With over 1400 registered the vast majority of those young women were placed. All groups took quota or above. Gamma Phi Beta had a record number of new members. Bid Day appeared to be a huge success with parents and friends visiting the chapters, some from long distances. All this is not accomplished without a great deal of planning and hard work both from Panhellenic and the chapters involved.

kk_bama · #5 08-19-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Football Fan

Panhellenic at Alabama is a long established system. Whatever the perceived faults of how things are done it has stood the test of time. For Kappa Delta it is a single letter chapter. Delta Delta Delta celebrates 95 years on campus in 2009.

Let us give some kudos to Panhellenic. With over 1400 registered the vast majority of those young women were placed. All groups took quota or above. Gamma Phi Beta had a record number of new members. Bid Day appeared to be a huge success with parents and friends visiting the chapters, some from long distances. All this is not accomplished without a great deal of planning and hard work both from Panhellenic and the chapters involved.

Thank you! I think this wraps it up.

Bear · #6 08-19-2009, 01:47 PM

Follow this link to read the Crimson and White news article.....
I am soooooooo proud of our girls!!!!!!!!!

http://www.cw.ua.edu/sororities-see-...ment-1.1816999

BlueCarnation · #7 08-19-2009, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Bear

Follow this link to read the Crimson and White news article.....
I am soooooooo proud of our girls!!!!!!!!!

http://www.cw.ua.edu/sororities-see-...ment-1.1816999

That's great! Congrats. I don't know much about the sororities there--as my posts show--but the girl in the article mentioned that this was a chance for GPB to catch up in size to the other houses. Are they a relatively new chapter on campus?

33girl · #8 08-19-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Bear

Follow this link to read the Crimson and White news article.....
I am soooooooo proud of our girls!!!!!!!!!

http://www.cw.ua.edu/sororities-see-...ment-1.1816999

I guess they assume everyone reading knows, but it would have been nice if they had put actual numbers in the article. How many did G Phi B end up taking in the end? I know it's in here somewhere but this thread has gotten ginormous.

Nhfulmer · #9 08-19-2009, 03:32 PM

[QUOTE=Football Fan;1837421]Panhellenic at Alabama is a long established system. Whatever the perceived faults of how things are done it has stood the test of time. For Kappa Delta it is a single letter chapter. Delta Delta Delta celebrates 95 years on campus in 2009.

Zeta is also a single letter chapter and will celebrate its 100th anniversary in spring of 2010.

UGAalum94 · #10 08-19-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Football Fan

Panhellenic at Alabama is a long established system. Whatever the perceived faults of how things are done it has stood the test of time. For Kappa Delta it is a single letter chapter. Delta Delta Delta celebrates 95 years on campus in 2009.

Let us give some kudos to Panhellenic. With over 1400 registered the vast majority of those young women were placed. All groups took quota or above. Gamma Phi Beta had a record number of new members. Bid Day appeared to be a huge success with parents and friends visiting the chapters, some from long distances. All this is not accomplished without a great deal of planning and hard work both from Panhellenic and the chapters involved.

Yes!!!

Zillini · #11 08-19-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Football Fan

Panhellenic at Alabama is a long established system. Whatever the perceived faults of how things are done it has stood the test of time. For Kappa Delta it is a single letter chapter. Delta Delta Delta celebrates 95 years on campus in 2009.

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Originally Posted by Nhfulmer

Zeta is also a single letter chapter and will celebrate its 100th anniversary in spring of 2010.

ADPi is a single letter Chapter as well. It is the 2nd oldest active Chapter in the organization (Texas being the oldest).

UGAalum94 · #12 08-19-2009, 08:19 PM

Alpha Gam is also a single letter chapter: Psi Chapter.

BlueCarnation · #13 08-19-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by littleowl33

Out of curiosity, how is it possible to transfer from one University to another within a few weeks of the start of classes? That just seems like it's cutting it pretty close... can the student belatedly accept an offer of admission if she was accepted to both schools originally, or does she fill out a whole transfer app and go for rolling transfer admissions?

Most likely, they have paid deposits at more than one school, since I think the cut off for decisions is something like June 1. This happened in my law school class. We started later than many other schools, and we had 4 people join us after having taking a few weeks of classes at other schools. They kept my school as a "back up," I guess.

littleowl33 · #14 08-19-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueCarnation

Most likely, they have paid deposits at more than one school, since I think the cut off for decisions is something like June 1. This happened in my law school class. We started later than many other schools, and we had 4 people join us after having taking a few weeks of classes at other schools. They kept my school as a "back up," I guess.

That makes sense. It would be pretty expensive... and if you got caught, you'd probably be in big trouble with both schools... but it could work!

BlueCarnation · #15 08-19-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by littleowl33

That makes sense. It would be pretty expensive... and if you got caught, you'd probably be in big trouble with both schools... but it could work!

It is a hassle to schools in that it throws off yield, screws up housing plans, class scheduling, etc., but students don't get in trouble for it. I think schools actually expect this and allow for it to a small extent, but it probably depends. Schools get to keep the deposits, after all, so they probably get a little money out of it.