Oklahoma State University- Aug. 4-10

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

It could be an attempt to minimize, however little, the importance of recs. The process does seem to have taken on a life of its own and whether that is for the better or it's just busy work for all involved is unclear. If everyone has a rec, how much value can one really have?

I think it is a particular disservice at OSU (and possibly other similar schools). OSU attracts a lot of students from more rural areas of the state. Without recs, no one has any idea who these girls are or if they understand greek life. They wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell without recs (and they struggle the most to find them.)

If a PNM like the Panhellenic president is from Tulsa or OKC, she might have connections and could possibly squeak by without a rec (albeit with limited options).

[*winter*]

Wait a minute? Do they do recruitment early or is school actually in session, effective tomorrow?! Is that possible?!? It's still summer!

Sorry to hijack...

[Katmandu]

Recruitment is prior to the start of school. Next week is welcome week, then school starts. Sorority girls are headed to Stillwater for work week in July.

[Lovethesand]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Wait a minute? Do they do recruitment early or is school actually in session, effective tomorrow?! Is that possible?!? It's still summer!

Sorry to hijack...

Work week started Sunday, July 28, 2013.

Recruitment began today, Sunday, August 4, 2013.

Bid day is Saturday, August 10, 2013.

Welcome week for freshman/transfer students starts Monday, August 12, 2013.

Fall semester begins Monday, August 19, 2013.

OSU begins recruitment and school early and gets out early - early May 2014.

[TriDeltaC]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Wait a minute? Do they do recruitment early or is school actually in session, effective tomorrow?! Is that possible?!? It's still summer!

Sorry to hijack...

I think it's beyond adorable that your username is winter and we're all going on about how it's still summer =D

*end of hijack of hijack*

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I think it is a particular disservice at OSU (and possibly other similar schools). OSU attracts a lot of students from more rural areas of the state. Without recs, no one has any idea who these girls are or if they understand greek life. They wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell without recs (and they struggle the most to find them.)

If a PNM like the Panhellenic president is from Tulsa or OKC, she might have connections and could possibly squeak by without a rec (albeit with limited options).

And the fact that she is the Panhellenic president does NOT mean she necessarily had a great recruitment, either.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

And the fact that she is the Panhellenic president does NOT mean she necessarily had a great recruitment, either.

And the fact that she's the Panhellenic President means that she could have gone through recruitment 3+ years ago. Things change.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

And the fact that she is the Panhellenic president does NOT mean she necessarily had a great recruitment, either.

Right - to be blunt, there are probably 4 chapters at OSU where a PNM could get a bid without a rec, but do PNMs want to be THAT limited? (And that doesn't mean those 4 chapters will take anyone - they won't. But, I would imagine a nice girl who makes a good impression during recruitment could get by there if the chips fell into place for her.)

[Ladybugmom]

Does anyone know if there is a sophomore quota at OSU?

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Ladybugmom

Does anyone know if there is a sophomore quota at OSU?

I asked this question to an adviser there. She just texted back, "what is a sophomore quota?" So, I'm guessing no. They haven't used UC quota in the past.

[Lovethesand]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I think it is a particular disservice at OSU (and possibly other similar schools). OSU attracts a lot of students from more rural areas of the state. Without recs, no one has any idea who these girls are or if they understand greek life. They wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell without recs (and they struggle the most to find them.)

If a PNM like the Panhellenic president is from Tulsa or OKC, she might have connections and could possibly squeak by without a rec (albeit with limited options).

I was happy to see that they said "yes you should get recs". Then to see what they said about recs in a separate document was confusing. Last year during a school visit my daughter was told by Greek Life that letters of rec weren't necessary. Thank goodness we stumbled upon Greek Chat and learned that wasn't necessarily truth in practice.