UF Spring Recruitment!!

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by GatorPNM

Hey, I'll try to explain and answer some questions here! I just got home
So we visited all 11 chapters today. They are allowed to call us beginning at 7 PM tomorrow to extend bids. We have 48 hours to accept/decline a bid after it has been placed. They can extend bids for the next few weeks. Say if they have 10 spots available, extend 10 bids, 5 decline, they can extend 5 more.

They raised total by ~20 AFTER formal recruitment, so way more had to participate this year than usual. It was still a little frustrating though that (as always I'm assuming) some sororities are only extending bids to 3 or 4 girls, so you don't really have a chance from the start.

I can tell my mini recruitment story here! Is that allowed?

yep, here it is.

Anyone know what total at UF currently is?

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

yep, here it is.

Anyone know what total at UF currently is?

Looks like it was 160 last year? I don't know how much they raised it though? Does anyone know? Here is last springs grade reports -

https://www.studentinvolvement.ufl.e...mic_Report.pdf

It includes who took spring new members last year - PiPhi, DZ, PhiMu, and AXO?

[GatorPNM]

Being on the other side of it... it kind of does stink! Because I do have a top three, but I loved all of the girls I talked to! I would honestly be happy to join any of the sisterhoods I was at yesterday.
So because I'm assuming most girls are going to wait a little bit to accept/decline their bids, (just to see if any one else calls) even if I wait, I may already accept one and then my #1 could call 5 minutes later.
It sort of makes sense to say "Well, they didn't want you first anyway!" But some of them may only have 5 bids to give out! So if I'm #6 I'm not complaining! Especially because I'm a sophomore and I'm assuming some sororities already had friends lined up for the bids they had to give out.
Sorry this wasn't incredibly informational to anyone else! Just sayin'!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by GatorPNM

It sort of makes sense to say "Well, they didn't want you first anyway!" But some of them may only have 5 bids to give out! So if I'm #6 I'm not complaining! Especially because I'm a sophomore and I'm assuming some sororities already had friends lined up for the bids they had to give out.
Sorry this wasn't incredibly informational to anyone else! Just sayin'!

Don't apologize! Believe me, we love hearing about recruitment (even informal!) from a PNM's perspective!

Did you visit all 11 yesterday?

Also, you shouldn't feel like "oh, I'm less wanted than the first five bids they give out, even if you are #6". Because bids are not going through PH, and the procedure is a little, um, chaotic, chapters probably sat around last night playing the same guessing game you did. So, in addition to how much they like* a PNM, they also have to consider how likely a PNM is to accept their bid. Just as you are worried about receiving bids in the wrong order, they are worried about giving them in the wrong order. They don't want to bid Suzie PNM who they love so much, if Suzie might sit on her bid for 48 hours and then decline.

I don't know if I'm making a whole ton of sense, but I'm trying to say that UF hasn't worked out the kinks of having a structured spring recruitment, and it sounds like maybe they also haven't communicated very well, so if you get a bid late or something, you shouldn't automatically think it means that you were "less-wanted".

Bids can be offered starting tonight?

*and by like, I mean how well she meets their membership criteria and all that

[GatorPNM]

I just received a bid from my number two (and one more!). I'm VERY excited! But I have to say I'm a little disappointed that my number 1 didn't call. I know it's only been 25 minutes, but I think they had several callers call everyone at 7 to try and call first. I'm still holding out, but the more I think about it, I think my number two may be the best place for me. I keep thinking (and was sort of last night too) that I was having rosy thoughts about number one and it maybe it wasn't as great as I remembered it to be.
Either way, I'll post my recruitment story as soon as the dust all settles and I figure out where I'm going to be!

[UFgatorLove]

I'm so excited you've started receiving calls! Its so exciting!
I can't wait to hear your story! Would you post a link to it here once you do have time to sit down and write it!?!

[bluepink]

I also think that, when you have this many women coming out for informal, you have to ask yourself why these women aren't showing up in the fall for FR.
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That I think I can partially answer. UF deferred acceptance is growing. We personally know several girls that were not accepted for fall 2011 but for spring 2012. So I know girls who attended spring rush that were not even at UF in the fall. I know one girl who really did want the experience of fall rush; however, also wanted to feel she belonged and be part of a sisterhood so I am betting she will join now and not wait until fall.

My daughter just got told she got in the sorority house next year at UF so she is on "top of the world".

[OneHeartOneWay]

Originally Posted by GatorPNM

I just received a bid from my number two (and one more!).

Congratulations, GatorPNM! How exciting! Just a quick thought (which perhaps you've already done): it would be polite to go ahead and decline the other bid, so that they may offer that to someone else, since you know you will accept the bid from your number two (or number one, should that call also come). There may well be a PNM sitting in the same predicament as you, with a bid from her number two hoping for a call from her number one, which happens to be the one you know you aren't going to accept.

This is exactly the problem with such an unstructured spring recruitment, although I certainly understand UF found themselves here and are doing their best. It's so circular! But, in fairness, this same situation also happens sometimes in structured FR with snap bids- I've been involved in that mess before as well!