NPC Recruitment: Fall 2009 - Spring 2010

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by TPARose

That is fantastic news!! I heard that my old chapter made quota+1, but I didn't realize all the houses did so well. Did they do something differently this year? Great news for Pitt Greeks!

Originally Posted by kddani

Seriously. When is the last time that that happened??? They had 3 prefs this year instead of 2 - right? But I can't see that making that big of a difference. 18 is the highest quota at Pitt than I can remember since I rushed in '99, and for every house to have taken quota is unbelievable. Especially since there is one particular house that has never seemed to WANT to be at or near total.

I would guess that most houses are over total, or very near. Perhaps more talk will take place re: expansion or increasing total?

Is this the second or third year of Release Figures? Either way, I'd say it's working!

It will be fascinating to see if they go for a higher total or expansion first. Which sorority was last to leave, Theta?

[TPARose]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Is this the second or third year of Release Figures? Either way, I'd say it's working!

It will be fascinating to see if they go for a higher total or expansion first. Which sorority was last to leave, Theta?

If they listened to crotchety old alumnae, I would suggest expansion. After sitting through 4 years of Monday night meetings, I honestly don't know how they could fit more girls into those formal rooms (unless they somehow expanded them in the Amos restructuring last year) without sufficating/crushing your sisters.

Theta was the last to leave, in 1999. They were gone before I pledged in 2000, with only tales of caution lingering... woooOOOooo, sorority ghost stories!

[Football Fan]

Wouldn't it be a pleasant change to have a positive headline with the number pledged instead of the number of women who dropped out of recruitment? The headline implies the chapters dropped the pnms when the fact is many dropped out when the desired invitation was not received.
All the NPC chapters pledged quota (31?) except one. Kappa Delta took 32. If more women had remained for preference there would have been greater numbers pledged.

[DartmouthPanhel]

Originally Posted by Football Fan

Wouldn't it be a pleasant change to have a positive headline with the number pledged instead of the number of women who dropped out of recruitment? The headline implies the chapters dropped the pnms when the fact is many dropped out when the desired invitation was not received.
All the NPC chapters pledged quota (31?) except one. Kappa Delta took 32. If more women had remained for preference there would have been greater numbers pledged.

We always have a really hard time with the newspaper. This is one of the tamer articles they've ever written. Normally they call our formal recruitment process ridiculous and bad, and make all sorts of accusations that somehow ICS malfunctions and that's why women don't get bids.

This recruitment cycle, EVERY WOMAN who optimized her options after pref night got a bid.

Oh, and quota was 29.

[WVU alpha phi]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Hi irishpipes. Figures for Dartmouth, from the campus paper. I boldfaced the NPC sororities:

Alpha Phi sorority offered 23 bids; Alpha Xi Delta sorority, 33; Delta Delta Delta sorority, 31; Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority, 14; Kappa Delta sorority, 32; Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority 31; Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority 31; and Sigma Delta sorority, 32 . . . .

By the way, this is Kappa Delta's first recruitment at Dartmouth, I believe.

The considerably longer story in the paper is at

http://thedartmouth.com/2009/10/14/news/rush

I enjoy the newspaper calling KD "Kappa Delt" throughout the entire article. Never heard that nickname before.

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Hi irishpipes. Figures for Dartmouth, from the campus paper. I boldfaced the NPC sororities:

Alpha Phi sorority offered 23 bids; Alpha Xi Delta sorority, 33; Delta Delta Delta sorority, 31; Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority, 14; Kappa Delta sorority, 32; Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority 31; Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority 31; and Sigma Delta sorority, 32 . . . .

By the way, this is Kappa Delta's first recruitment at Dartmouth, I believe.

The considerably longer story in the paper is at

http://thedartmouth.com/2009/10/14/news/rush

WVU_Alpha_Phi I've never heard KD referred to as Kappa Delt either! That's a new one for me!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

WVU_Alpha_Phi I've never heard KD referred to as Kappa Delt either! That's a new one for me!

I think (DartmouthPanhel can confirm) that Sigma Delta goes by "Sigma Delt" so it's probably just force of habit.