University of Alabama Fall 2014 NPC Sorority Recruitment

[AZ-AlphaXi]

Bid list breakdown by State

Foreign - 5
AL - 561
AR - 9
CA - 139
CO - 24
CT - 27
DC - 2
DE - 6
FL - 128
GA - 167
HI - 4
IA - 1
IL - 97
IN - 21
KS - 15
KY - 38
LA - 24
MA - 31
MD - 43
MI - 16
MN - 6
MO - 40
MS - 25
MT - 1
NC - 64
NE - 1
NH - 4
NJ - 58
NV - 1
NY - 46
OH - 32
OK - 2
OR - 5
PA - 38
RI - 5
SC - 18
TN - 91
TX - 177
VA - 52
WA - 11
WI - 7
WV - 3

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I think you can accomplish as much or more by simply stating that all AA PNM who participated in recruitment got bids.

If we want groups to actually feel the pressure to recruit and welcome AA members, then making sure that everyone gets PR brownie points for inviting folks to prefs might be counter productive.

No, they had to show that all the groups had one on their bid list. There was no other way around this. If they hadn't, the question would have been asked and that would have been bad PR. I don't like how any of this has played out. This is my school and I live here in Birmingham. But I've got enough sense to understand what we have to do. I was in school at Bama when it integrated in 1963. That was my freshman year and I had PE with Vivian Malone, the National Guard and the FBI. Seriously, folks, they had to do this, right, wrong or indifferent, they had to give the numbers.

[DubaiSis]

I'm ok with this outcome, or more correctly, the REPORTING of this outcome. Unfortunately for a few years it's going to continue to be news. I am interested to hear how many old bitties turn off the money spout now that their beloved chapters have joined the rest of their sororities in the 21st century. My guess is not many, but a notable few. Not that ANYONE will be sharing that information, but it would be fun to out them

[magnoliacurious]

Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

Bid list breakdown by State

Foreign - 5
AL - 561
AR - 9
CA - 139
CO - 24
CT - 27
DC - 2
DE - 6
FL - 128
GA - 167
HI - 4
IA - 1
IL - 97
IN - 21
KS - 15
KY - 38
LA - 24
MA - 31
MD - 43
MI - 16
MN - 6
MO - 40
MS - 25
MT - 1
NC - 64
NE - 1
NH - 4
NJ - 58
NV - 1
NY - 46
OH - 32
OK - 2
OR - 5
PA - 38
RI - 5
SC - 18
TN - 91
TX - 177
VA - 52
WA - 11
WI - 7
WV - 3

Thanks, and Texas gets more than next door Georgia with the populous metro Atlanta area, Wow!! Many people talk about how Ole Miss has a lot of Texas students and it most certainly does, but generally Ole Miss students have been divided relatively equally between the Lone Star and the Empire State of the South with Texas getting slightly more. But both Texas and Georgia are about the same distance from Oxford, Mississippi and Texas of course has considerably more people. But Georgia is much closer to Tuscaloosa, Alabama than Texas, but again, the Lone Star State has more at the Capstone this year at least with sorority recruitment; I say they really represent well!!

[Just interested]

California is the one that blows my mind.

[UAmommax2]

Finally back home after an extremely warm, crowded yet exciting bid day @ UA! We left our new, happy KAPPA DELTA pledge headed to her pledge retreat! I overheard someone say they got approximately 120 new pledges. Wow! It was a good day!

[magnoliacurious]

Originally Posted by Just interested

California is the one that blows my mind.

It's a big number for a state that far away all right, even the most populated one in America.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by magnoliacurious

It's a big number for a state that far away all right, even America's most populated one.

I agree.

Alabama does offer some pretty sweet scholarships for out of state kids with high GPAs and SAT/ACTS, though. And I think all the football coverage probably makes more kids aware of the campus, etc. Isn't there a Gameday show from Tuscaloosa every year?

[DaffyKD]

Originally Posted by Just interested

California is the one that blows my mind.

I have been surprised for the last several years how many recommendation requests our Alumnae Chapter have received from women planning on attending SEC schools. With budget cuts and what not here, they often find that OOS tuition is lower than CA's instate tuition.

DaffyKD

[Katmandu]

Originally Posted by UAmommax2

Finally back home after an extremely warm, crowded yet exciting bid day @ UA! We left our new, happy KAPPA DELTA pledge headed to her pledge retreat! I overheard someone say they got approximately 120 new pledges. Wow! It was a good day!

Yea for a Kappa Delta ending! Congrats to your daughter!

[Loyally Kappa]

Best way to handle that bid list is to type "Ctrl F" and then type in the last name or hometown in the search box. It will search the list very quickly for you. There are twin girls from where I used to live who have pledged Phi Mu.

[Loyally Kappa]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I agree.

Alabama does offer some pretty sweet scholarships for out of state kids with high GPAs and SAT/ACTS, though. And I think all the football coverage probably makes more kids aware of the campus, etc. Isn't there a Gameday show from Tuscaloosa every year?

I think purt'near all the SEC schools have built a special area for ESPN to set up Gameday. ESPN announces where it will go on a week-by-week basis according to the schedule and the rankings.

[Football Fan]

State universities in California are inundated with applications. Cuts in the State of California budget have affected the university system. Classes are large, majors impacted and fees increased. Parents who discover the merit scholarships offered at some southern universities find this can be an attractive alternative. Other students seek a change and look for the "college" experience of campus life with football games, large campuses, choices of majors, social groups and friendly classmates. My guess is the costs may be lower for some families to attend an out of state southern school, especially with an generous scholarship.

California is now the most populous state. The county where I lived as a child was a mix of small towns, orange groves, strawberry farms and beautiful beaches with few crowds. It now has close to four million people.

It is not a surprise to see students from the Golden State choose to attend a large southern university.

Examples of application numbers for branches of the University of California:
Freshman Applicants Only for Entering in Fall of 2014

Univ. of California at Santa Cruz--40,617 applicants
Univ. of California at Irvine--60,476
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara--66, 756
Univ. of California at San Diego--73,437 (Sought after for strong science and math programs)

[DallasMom]

Originally Posted by magnoliacurious

Thanks, and Texas gets more than next door Georgia with the populous metro Atlanta area, Wow!! Many people talk about how Ole Miss has a lot of Texas students and it most certainly does, but generally Ole Miss students have been divided relatively equally between the Lone Star and the Empire State of the South with Texas getting slightly more. But both Texas and Georgia are about the same distance from Oxford, Mississippi and Texas of course has considerably more people. But Georgia is much closer to Tuscaloosa, Alabama than Texas, but again, the Lone Star State has more at the Capstone this year at least with sorority recruitment; I say they really represent well!!

Texas is not much of a surprise given the UT and A&M have so many applicants. The incoming freshman class this year --- 75% are in the top 7% of their high school senior class. Lots of kids look for schools out of state.

[GPhiBLtColonel]

Originally Posted by magnoliacurious

Thanks, and Texas gets more than next door Georgia with the populous metro Atlanta area, Wow!! Many people talk about how Ole Miss has a lot of Texas students and it most certainly does, but generally Ole Miss students have been divided relatively equally between the Lone Star and the Empire State of the South with Texas getting slightly more. But both Texas and Georgia are about the same distance from Oxford, Mississippi and Texas of course has considerably more people. But Georgia is much closer to Tuscaloosa, Alabama than Texas, but again, the Lone Star State has more at the Capstone this year at least with sorority recruitment; I say they really represent well!!

This year, our alumnae Panhellenic received only three rec requests for Bama bound girls. In previous years, we normally have a dozen. Same for Ole Miss -we had just three this year - down from past years. In contrast, we received nearly 3 dozen rec requests from girls headed to UGA and 8-10 for girls headed to Georgia Southern or Georgia College (Milledgeville). More girls this year seemed to be staying in state to use the Hope scholarship.