Alabama Rush and First Cuts: Predetermined?

[sidsorority]

My friend is from Los Angeles. She is rushing at U Alabama this week. She has recs at most houses and is a DG legacy. Will being out of state and not from the south penalize her? She has great grades & resume.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by sidsorority

My friend is from Los Angeles. She is rushing at U Alabama this week. She has recs at most houses and is a DG legacy. Will being out of state and not from the south penalize her? She has great grades & resume.

Out of state women DO get bids, but I find that they do have to be more open-minded. All PNMs should be, but it's more important when you don't have connections to chapters from camp, HS, etc.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by sidsorority

My friend is from Los Angeles. She is rushing at U Alabama this week. She has recs at most houses and is a DG legacy. Will being out of state and not from the south penalize her? She has great grades & resume.

Over 50% of PNMs placed at Alabama are from OOS. What do you think her chances are with that fact?

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by sidsorority

My friend is from Los Angeles. She is rushing at U Alabama this week. She has recs at most houses and is a DG legacy. Will being out of state and not from the south penalize her? She has great grades & resume.

You can look at the list of new members in each chapter from last year, and you will see that OOS girls are very well-represented (cities not followed by a state are in Alabama):

http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/08/ua-soro...-announced-12/


My observation in general has been (even from waaay back) that older chapters with in-state strongholds tend to have more in-state than OOS new members, while newer chapters may have more OOS than in-state.

I did a quick count of the Alpha Phi new members on that list, for instance, and found that about 36 of the 95 new members were in-state, so the majority of new members were OOS. Alpha Phi is a new group to UofA -- about 4 years old now.