Alabama Recruitment 2024

[Titchou]

They don't release those lists any longer. Privacy issues.

Quota was 131.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by MSKKG

So happy for her! Are you willing to share which sorority?

I will message you.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by navane

I just went and looked. There's some lady posting to Morgan's Tik Tok with "You should start your own sorority!!" Then there's a someone chiming in with "Same! I was a founder for my DPhiE chapter. Best thing I did during college!" and another person "OMGggg just opened to text this and urs was the first thing that came up!!!! Yessss they don’t have an Alpha Sigma Alpha- let’s go!!! As a former ASA VP- I want Morgan!"

<face palm>

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

In my opinion, the desperate TikTok Aunties who have no idea how any of this works are a liability to any chapter who may otherwise have bid Morgan. There's cheering on a young woman who shows potential and is relatable, then there's the creepy parasocial crap that's going on with Morgan.

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by agzg

In my opinion, the desperate TikTok Aunties who have no idea how any of this works are a liability to any chapter who may otherwise have bid Morgan. There's cheering on a young woman who shows potential and is relatable, then there's the creepy parasocial crap that's going on with Morgan.

Pretty much this. The worst part was some of the other tik tok girls from the previous recruitment who were posting from the other side were getting comments like “why didn’t you help Morgan?” It became more of a liability whether or not she got a bid with all the toxic fans she had.

As I mentioned last year (though I found out sigma kappa gave her a bid and she rejected it) it’s one thing to wish PNMs good luck during rounds and cheer them on as they try to find their home, but another thing entirely to go on a witch hunt if they either get dropped or don’t get a desired result.

[Cookiez17]

https://www.al.com/news/2024/08/alab...outputType=amp

Here are some bid day photos!

[Low D Flat]

Re the door stacks -- I assume there was a rule change barring girls from lying or sitting on the floor? Instead the front row is getting quad workouts from squatting!

I hope everyone is happy. I'm still gobsmacked that 18 different houses can handle the logistics of 100+-member pledge classes.

[UVASquirrel]

Originally Posted by mystikchick

May (I found her on TikTok during Bama Bound) went Pi Phi. The comments on her pref day video were evenly divided between Phi Mu and Pi Phi it seemed, so I guess people had it figured out! Also, it's really odd to see people commenting where she got a bid before she herself announced it...but I guess that's the flip side of social media presences.

One of the Tik Tok Bama Rush "experts" announced that she went Alpha Gam and I then had to go look it up. LOL

[Cookiez17]

The following chapters will be doing COB:

Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Sigma Kappa

[Pinkmagnolia921]

Bama Morgan was dropped from Recruitment in the middle of the week.

[mystikchick]

Originally Posted by UVASquirrel

One of the Tik Tok Bama Rush "experts" announced that she went Alpha Gam and I then had to go look it up. LOL

LOL yes I must have seen the same video. I saw it just after seeing May's own video and I thought I was imagining things "no...her hat was DEFINITELY pink and she DEFINITELY did angel wings...she didn't rush Alpha Gam...?"

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by Cookiez17

The following chapters will be doing COB:

Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Sigma Kappa

ADII - interesting - same for us but maybe not depending on total and how many graduated...

[Pinkmagnolia921]

Not quite Recruitment related, but Sigma Kappa has put their house on hold for now.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Alabama’s Sigma Kappa chapter paused its plans for a new, roughly $24.7 million house, according to university documents. The price tag would have set a record for the nation, but a university spokesperson said the project was paused because it had become too pricey due to inflation.

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by Pinkmagnolia921

Not quite Recruitment related, but Sigma Kappa has put their house on hold for now.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Alabama’s Sigma Kappa chapter paused its plans for a new, roughly $24.7 million house, according to university documents. The price tag would have set a record for the nation, but a university spokesperson said the project was paused because it had become too pricey due to inflation.

Guess that means they’ll remain in the swing house for the time being.

I do hope they get their own house soon.

[mlanderson]

Originally Posted by Cookiez17

Guess that means they’ll remain in the swing house for the time being.

I do hope they get their own house soon.

The Fed is supposedly dropping interest rates so that may help.

[*winter*]

Not to veer completely off topic but…it’s so obvious how much property prices have inflated over the past few years when you look at stuff like this!