University of Arkansas Recruitment 2025 - Page 2

Happy Alum · #1 08-16-2025, 04:34 PM

I enjoyed the Facebook live stream as always.

Arkansas PMN · #2 08-16-2025, 10:03 PM

Carnation, I would too. I have several good friends who have daughters that are currently actives there. Lots of grumbling this week about some chapters having to release more than usual (and releasing many PNMs that they really wanted); so that Alpja Phi would get a lot. Not sure that is the best idea because my niece said lots of girls who got Alpha Phi ran crying back to their dorms and are not going to even give them a try. I know they aill all probably regret it but I can kind of understand them wanting a chapter with a beautiful mansion. My niece went AXO.

Arkansas PMN · #3 08-16-2025, 10:12 PM

I know Arkansas loves to brag about the high percentage of PNMs that receive bids, but I suspect that their retention rate is pretty abysmal,

carnation · #4 08-16-2025, 10:30 PM

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Carnation, I would too. I have several good friends who have daughters that are currently actives there. Lots of grumbling this week about some chapters having to release more than usual (and releasing many PNMs that they really wanted); so that Alpja Phi would get a lot. Not sure that is the best idea because my niece said lots of girls who got Alpha Phi ran crying back to their dorms and are not going to even give them a try. I know they aill all probably regret it but I can kind of understand them wanting a chapter with a beautiful mansion. My niece went AXO.

Congratulations to your niece!

I have known several PNMs who went to schools who had new chapters coming up, and quota was cut to help the new chapters. Panhellenic pushed and pushed the new chapter but the girls weren't having it, with PNMs dropping before they would take the new group. Others felt that they were almost forced into listed the new group second and told that almost everyone gets their first choice. This is one reason that Greeks get a bad reputation.

Arkansas PMN · #5 08-16-2025, 10:42 PM

Yes Carnation, I don’t think this pushing girls into the new chapter works out so well. Same thing happened to my daughter about 10 years ago. She accepted a bid to AXO (and was ultimately happy). Her pledge class had like 200 women, but only about 110 actually initiated. They are doing great now. Alpha Phi will catch up once their house is built. Even DG (have only been around maybe 5 years) is sought after already by many PNMs

Arkansas PMN · #6 08-16-2025, 10:43 PM

And thank you. My niece is literally on cloud 9 tonight.

Titchou · #7 08-17-2025, 07:31 AM

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. Even DG (have only been around maybe 5 years) is sought after already by many PNMs

We recolonized in 2017.

TLLK · #8 08-17-2025, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Arkansas PMN

Carnation, I would too. I have several good friends who have daughters that are currently actives there. Lots of grumbling this week about some chapters having to release more than usual (and releasing many PNMs that they really wanted); so that Alpja Phi would get a lot. Not sure that is the best idea because my niece said lots of girls who got Alpha Phi ran crying back to their dorms and are not going to even give them a try. I know they aill all probably regret it but I can kind of understand them wanting a chapter with a beautiful mansion. My niece went AXO.

Congratulations to your niece!!

Cookiez17 · #9 08-17-2025, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Arkansas PMN

Carnation, I would too. I have several good friends who have daughters that are currently actives there. Lots of grumbling this week about some chapters having to release more than usual (and releasing many PNMs that they really wanted); so that Alpja Phi would get a lot. Not sure that is the best idea because my niece said lots of girls who got Alpha Phi ran crying back to their dorms and are not going to even give them a try. I know they aill all probably regret it but I can kind of understand them wanting a chapter with a beautiful mansion. My niece went AXO.

Huge congrats to your niece!

Anyhow, that stinks the PNMs had that attitude about Aphi, it would be an amazing opportunity to be the “first” PC the house has. I do know their new house is in the works for the future.

PiPhiERDoc · #10 08-17-2025, 03:47 PM

Did anyone see numbers for XO, Pi Phi or kappa?

Cookiez17 · #11 08-17-2025, 04:12 PM

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Did anyone see numbers for XO, Pi Phi or kappa?

Not yet. I'm lurking social media and haven't seen any but the pledge classes look huge!

PiPhiERDoc · #12 08-17-2025, 11:10 PM

Pi Phi just posted 150.
One of the cheerleaders who is a Kappa posted a TikTok with something like “I won’t get to get a little because our pledge class is so small”….guessing they were held to something similar?

carnation · #13 08-18-2025, 06:38 AM

I remember the bed rush days at Arkansas when sororities could set their own quota. KKG, which was a desirable sorority then as well, had a tiny pledge class composed of top PNMs. It was said that they could have had a bigger one but that they told everyone they took everybody they wanted. This caused a huge uproar. It devastated my roommate, who had gone to Chi O and Kappa for prefs and received neither. A Kappa was her best friend.

Arkansas PMN · #14 08-18-2025, 05:09 PM

That makes me so sad for your roommate. Sadly, some of those “top/older” sororities at Arkansas still have that attitude. My daughter in law was a KD and a gamma chi back in 2016. She said that a few of the gamma chis in a couple of those chapters were condescending and would not even talk to them. Sad that this is still going on. She loves her house and said that nobody really cares which sorority you are in after first semester…..with the exception of some members in a couple,of chapters.