University of Alabama Recruitment 2020

[GreekOne]

How are they doing the Zoom chats if their roommate is also a pnm? I can't imagine trying to engage and focus on a conversation with a roommate doing the same 6 ft away. It must be incredibly distracting!

I keep thinking about all of these online classes about to start under the same scenario and wondering how they will all make it work.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by GreekOne

How are they doing the Zoom chats if their roommate is also a pnm? I can't imagine trying to engage and focus on a conversation with a roommate doing the same 6 ft away. It must be incredibly distracting!

I keep thinking about all of these online classes about to start under the same scenario and wondering how they will all make it work.

Conversely...how are the actives doing Zoom chats if they share an apartment with girls from other sororities? Theres only so many places you can go to get away from people? It all sounds really, really hard!

[Theta1234]

Originally Posted by shirley1929

Conversely...how are the actives doing Zoom chats if they share an apartment with girls from other sororities? Theres only so many places you can go to get away from people? It all sounds really, really hard!

They are doing them in their bedrooms, closets, bathrooms or any other place where there is not another person. The chapters that I am familiar with gave instructions on buying single color tablecloths that you tape to the wall and then use one of the zoom backgrounds that the chapter created. The virtual backgrounds match the clothing/theme for the day and help everything look "clean" during the breakout sessions and when they do big "everyone" views.

For the chapter I work with, we were not allowed to put the girls in alumnae homes if they had roomies that wore different letters. Seriously, I know some girls that share bedrooms and are recruiting in closets and bathrooms. No one can tell because of the virtual backgrounds. During work week, they got the kinks worked out on their zoom spot. Now, with roomies, it is a little bit of a trust and honor system that the girls aren't "talking." Spoiler alert--they are. This is a year more than ever that it's important for PNMs to be on their best behavior on every single call.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by Theta1234

They are doing them in their bedrooms, closets, bathrooms or any other place where there is not another person.

For chapters that are competitive with each other, yet friends and roommates, I foresee lots of "listening through the wall..."

[ceciliaky]

Originally Posted by GreekOne

How are they doing the Zoom chats if their roommate is also a pnm? I can't imagine trying to engage and focus on a conversation with a roommate doing the same 6 ft away. It must be incredibly distracting!

I keep thinking about all of these online classes about to start under the same scenario and wondering how they will all make it work.

my DD is in the middle of {virtual} recruitment at a non-SEC school this weekend. Her roommate is also rushing, and they had at least 2 simultaneous calls yesterday. One was the for the same sorority and the other was not. The same chapter party was fine, but DD had tech issues on the other and had to disconnect from her airpods. Evidently, the active on the roommate call could hear my DD talking after that. LOL ....

overall, though, I think it's been fine. they have a pretty small room, too. LOL