Question about UCLA Recruitment

[crescent&pearls]

UCLA 2012

851 enrolled in recruitment
123 withdrew
4 released
583 in bid matching
583 offered bids
no declined bids reported.
chapter total is 160

I do understand the sticker shock of housing, tuition and sorority costs at Calif public universities (I've got kids in high school and college) so I guess I can kind of understand where parents who don't know much about what sorority life has to offer could be coming from. In state tuition at the UC schools is up quite a bit from what it was 5-10 years ago. Most in state students are not going to get financial aid grants, they are going to be offered student and parent loans as financial aid. So the finances are something to consider carefully, especially when you factor in the borrowing cost on that grilled cheese sandwich you're eating on your meal plan.

I think UCLA is for a lot of amazing Calif students a "dream" school, and if you get in and you always thought joining a sorority would automatically be part of the dream, I can understand where lack of knowledge leads to unfortunate choices (dropping out or not pursuing informal recruitment) or sour grapes (just bailing on the process and then wondering how you fit in on a big campus where pretty much everyone is amazing.)

The good news is that if you are qualified to attend a UC school, and you want Greek life to be part of your experience, there are a lot of options and the costs are different at every UC school. Cal and UCLA have big, old, traditional Greek housing. UCSD, UC Riverside, Santa Cruz and Merced have no housing. Irvine has newer, university owned Greek housing. Santa Barbara and Davis have smaller, newer, less traditional housing that's very nice. It's worth checking out all the options before you choose which campus best fits your needs and wants list!