Women who start out at community college

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Yes. Everyone keeps saying SEC, but it's beyond that...most of the Big 10, if I'm not mistaken? At U of I, you can get a bid to a top house as a sophomore, but as a junior...not so much..

That's generally been my observations at both Minnesota and Wisconsin. I would think the other Big 10 schools are the same.

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Doth my eyes deceive me? Where the heck have you been? Lawyering somewhere I suppose!

Lawyering and teaching at a CC.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Chapters that have huge expensive landlocked houses to maintain and fill have to have different selection criteria. You can be much more open minded when you are an unhoused chapter or one with a small house/lodge.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

Chapters that have huge expensive landlocked houses to maintain and fill have to have different selection criteria. You can be much more open minded when you are an unhoused chapter or one with a small house/lodge.

This is why my initial thinking was something along the lines of pledging women the semester before they transfer, and having them move in when they arrived in the fall.

[33girl]

I think this could work IF the CC was pretty much next door (like, literally the next building over) to the college/university.

If a lot of their pledging was "long distance" though - even if the "long" was only 10 miles or so - I think that would be a mess. We talk about how it's possible to join as a commuter, but you do have to make extra effort. This would (conceivably) be a whole class full of that.

There are also all different kinds of CCs. Some are mostly 18-19 year olds saving money or getting their grades up, some are mostly adults returning to school. If you open that door, you have to recognize that all kinds of people will come through it.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I think this could work IF the CC was pretty much next door (like, literally the next building over) to the college/university.

If a lot of their pledging was "long distance" though - even if the "long" was only 10 miles or so - I think that would be a mess. We talk about how it's possible to join as a commuter, but you do have to make extra effort. This would (conceivably) be a whole class full of that.

There are also all different kinds of CCs. Some are mostly 18-19 year olds saving money or getting their grades up, some are mostly adults returning to school. If you open that door, you have to recognize that all kinds of people will come through it.

Well, orgs still have the right to choose members as they see fit.

At schools with fall rush, maybe this is less of an issue, because you can have two full years as a collegian. For schools with spring rush, though, you barely get any time in the chapter. What if women could participate in rush as CC sophomores, given that they'd already been accepted to the university holding rush?

Obviously, they'd have to make extra effort to get to know the chapter, and distance could be an issue, but they'd a) be a small part of the pledge class and b) probably be fairly motivated if they went to the trouble.

I'm not saying that they'd necessarily have better recruitment results...it would still be risky to take such a women, but I could also see it being good for chapters who have less-positive reputations on campus to recruit women who haven't gotten there yet. In fact, chapters eligible for spring COB could also go "off-campus", as it were.

I'm just thinking out loud, though...if anyone knows of other things orgs are doing to accommodate more non-trads, I'd love to hear those things, too.

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

That's generally been my observations at both Minnesota and Wisconsin. I would think the other Big 10 schools are the same.

I concur. Being a sophomore will not place you at a huge disadvantage, but a junior is a totally different story. I'm not saying there is no chance, but it is much smaller and your choice of groups is likely more limited.