Alabama Rush and First Cuts: Predetermined?

[DDDlady]

Originally Posted by MaryPoppins

In Mississippi, it's:

1) Where are you from;
2) Where do you go to Church; and
3) What was your mother's maiden name.

Or at least it was when I was when I was growing up. Whoops and also, "Dogs or Rebels?"

Oh my. There is so much truth to this that I burst out laughing when I read it. I believe I have had this conversation with almost every PNM that I ever talked too. Oh the joy of being from Mississippi where everyone is separated by 3 degrees at most.

And... the answer to the fourth question is always Dogs.

[carnation]

Yes! Hail State!

[alphapimommy]

oh my goodness I so agree..the question then becomes why PNMs don't understand this?

[Titchou]

Because they've never met a Cajun?

[gee_ess]

Without giving anything confidential away, it is safe to say that cuts after round one (SEC style) are usually based on very basic black/white criteria. Grades, recs, legacy stus, etc are all types of that criteria.

Lists before rush starts? Who knows what each group does specifically, but i feel pretty confident that the process of membersip selection takes place after each round ( read voting) where of course, there are unpredictable things that can happen.

Alabama is a rush machine. Your head would spin if you could see the elaborate and highly organized prep that goes on for a house to get ready for this rush.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by gee_ess

Alabama is a rush machine. Your head would spin if you could see the elaborate and highly organized prep that goes on for a house to get ready for this rush.

Oh yeah!

[Titchou]

Most groups do take electronic ones. It's just by the time you scan the photo and the transcript and fill out the form online, you could hand write it about as fast. I tried that once and went back to the old fashioned way.

[irishpipes]

AOII's electronic form doesn't make you scan anything. Just click and upload a digital photo. Of course the PNM has to provide a digital photo, but that was no problem.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

AOII's electronic form doesn't make you scan anything. Just click and upload a digital photo. Of course the PNM has to provide a digital photo, but that was no problem.

Yes- and I love receiving the electronic recs! I also love that AOII had chapters set up specific email addresses just for the recs. So you don't have to wade through all kinds of other emails to find one.

I cannot even imagine handling the recs that come in for Alabama.

[UGAalum94]

Okay, this freaked me out as a rec writer.

Can you Bama folks reassure me that we shouldn't consider it a race to get recs in early?

You still review all recs received, correct?

[Titchou]

I'm talking about having hard copies from the PNM. Probably just a Southern thing that we like to do the handoff in person. And don't clog up my hard drive....

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Titchou

I'm talking about having hard copies from the PNM. Probably just a Southern thing that we like to do the handoff in person. And don't clog up my hard drive....

Irishpipes is in the south unless Arkansas suddenly doesn't count.

[tcsparky]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Irishpipes is in the south unless Arkansas suddenly doesn't count.

Well....I am from Arkansas. I said something about how we do it in the South, and the upstate NY folks told me that Arkansas is in the Midwest.......news to me.

[Lady Pi]

Originally Posted by tcsparky

Well....I am from Arkansas. I said something about how we do it in the South, and the upstate NY folks told me that Arkansas is in the Midwest.......news to me.

Well what would they know about it! Arkansas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. So don't see how you could consider them not part of the South.

[gee_ess]

Originally Posted by tcsparky

Well....I am from Arkansas. I said something about how we do it in the South, and the upstate NY folks told me that Arkansas is in the Midwest.......news to me.

That just confirms most of my suspicions about New York!