informal recruitment

[bbaby616]

thank you so much guys.. i will be a junior next year, and we recruit only in the spring.. what the girl actually told me was that i was going to get my first choice, but i should put my second one just for safety... what it turned out was that the computer tries to fill up each sorority with a certain quota regardless to the new memeber choice.. so for example i put x sorority first and y second, and say both put me 1st, since y sorority has less people i would be placed there.. which sucks...

also i have no idea who the adviser is...or who to ask on campus (we are a big school)

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by bbaby616

thank you so much guys.. i will be a junior next year, and we recruit only in the spring.. what the girl actually told me was that i was going to get my first choice, but i should put my second one just for safety... what it turned out was that the computer tries to fill up each sorority with a certain quota regardless to the new memeber choice.. so for example i put x sorority first and y second, and say both put me 1st, since y sorority has less people i would be placed there.. which sucks...

also i have no idea who the adviser is...or who to ask on campus (we are a big school)

Just as an FYI (and other girls with ICS experience please correct me if I'm wrong):

Actually the computer program does take PNM choice into account. It is set up to place as many girls in chapters as it can (though not always their top choices).

The issue comes when you are not high enough on first choice's bid list. If first choice fills to quota before you are reached on their list (meaning you are not high enough) the computer is going to move on to your 2nd choice.

So it's not that #2 has fewer people, you were likely higher on #2's list than you were on your #1's.

Regardless of that, you should not have been told you were going to get your first choice, because that is not a guarantee.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by bbaby616

also i have no idea who the adviser is...or who to ask on campus (we are a big school)

Go to your school's website and search under "greek advisor" or "greek life advisor." This is the person you should inform.

And KSUviolet is right...say each sorority could take 10 people, you were #20 in the order of people that your first choice liked and #3 in the order of people that your second choice liked. Unless 10 people who are ahead of you don't want your first choice, you're going to get your second choice.