bid day gone wrong..so sorry this is long but heres my story

[ladybug12]

All of this is just so sad. I work with chapters that are are top recruiting chapters, some in the middle, and some that are not. I just want to see every chapter have success, pledge great women, and have fantastic bid days.

Hearing jeers on bid day is something that I can not process.

Pinapple, I always enjoy your commentary on UT recruitment. I do think that larger number of OOS PNMs at schools like Alabama and Ole Miss have helped ease the strict "tiers" at these schools...it does not seem to be happening in Austin. I hate it for the Greek system, because it is not growing significantly like many other campuses.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by ladybug12

I do think that larger number of OOS PNMs at schools like Alabama and Ole Miss have helped ease the strict "tiers" at these schools...it does not seem to be happening in Austin. I hate it for the Greek system, because it is not growing significantly like many other campuses.

Help erase...no, but OOS are more accepting. My rec girl at Bama was extremely happy to get a New Row house and loved them all of the way through recruitment. Parents were thrilled for her, period. However, she is already sick of the stigma of classmates reminding her that she is "New Row". At least she is smart enough to realize how immature her classmates are.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by ladybug12

I do think that larger number of OOS PNMs at schools like Alabama and Ole Miss have helped ease the strict "tiers" at these schools...it does not seem to be happening in Austin. I hate it for the Greek system, because it is not growing significantly like many other campuses.

I am afraid that the tiers at Ole Miss & Alabama are carved in stone. Had the tablets given to Moses been carved in the same stone, they wouldnt' have broken when he threw them.

[Nanners52674]

Originally Posted by thetalady

I am afraid that the tiers at Ole Miss & Alabama are carved in stone. Had the tablets given to Moses been carved in the same stone, they wouldnt' have broken when he threw them.

Among the people who care, absolutely. But with the surge in OOS less PNMS care and/or tend to be more open minded about the houses. They'd rather be Greek than drop out over tiers.

[carnation]

Not quite. There's a fair amount of PNMs who will take, say, New Row chapters or their equivalent at other SEC schools because in their home state, those are the top chapters and they plan to go back after graduation. Many girls do come to the SEC and not care about tiers (they never knew what tiers were anyway) but if one looks at where new members come from for each chapter, it's obvious.

Many people predicted this when certain states restricted their admissions to flagship universities.