Alabama Rush and First Cuts: Predetermined?

[sidsorority]

My friend is from Los Angeles. She is rushing at U Alabama this week. She has recs at most houses and is a DG legacy. Will being out of state and not from the south penalize her? She has great grades & resume.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by sidsorority

My friend is from Los Angeles. She is rushing at U Alabama this week. She has recs at most houses and is a DG legacy. Will being out of state and not from the south penalize her? She has great grades & resume.

Out of state women DO get bids, but I find that they do have to be more open-minded. All PNMs should be, but it's more important when you don't have connections to chapters from camp, HS, etc.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by sidsorority

My friend is from Los Angeles. She is rushing at U Alabama this week. She has recs at most houses and is a DG legacy. Will being out of state and not from the south penalize her? She has great grades & resume.

Over 50% of PNMs placed at Alabama are from OOS. What do you think her chances are with that fact?

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by sidsorority

My friend is from Los Angeles. She is rushing at U Alabama this week. She has recs at most houses and is a DG legacy. Will being out of state and not from the south penalize her? She has great grades & resume.

You can look at the list of new members in each chapter from last year, and you will see that OOS girls are very well-represented (cities not followed by a state are in Alabama):

http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/08/ua-soro...-announced-12/


My observation in general has been (even from waaay back) that older chapters with in-state strongholds tend to have more in-state than OOS new members, while newer chapters may have more OOS than in-state.

I did a quick count of the Alpha Phi new members on that list, for instance, and found that about 36 of the 95 new members were in-state, so the majority of new members were OOS. Alpha Phi is a new group to UofA -- about 4 years old now.

[bamamom11]

In 2011 50% of the freshman class was from out of state, with the highest percentage coming from Georgia, Florida, and Texas.
When my oldest daughter was a freshman in 2006 only 24% of students were from out of state.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by gee_ess

Computer glitches = human error blamed on the computer.

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I learned it as "PEBCAK": Problem Exists Between Computer and Keyboard.

PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. I've seen this acronym used in trouble tickets.

As one of my high school teachers used to say, "A computer is only as smart as the idiot putting in the information." Truer words...

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. I've seen this acronym used in trouble tickets.

Oh, you're right, I got it backwards :-)

[shirley1929]

KyKKGviaFlorida...how's your PNM doing?

[KyKKGviaFlorida]

Originally Posted by shirley1929

KyKKGviaFlorida...how's your PNM doing?

She is doing well and has a great attitude to boot! For the skit rounds, she was asked back to four houses (Phil day she had 9). She was bummed about a couple of houses that cut her. She has been the best student of Greek chat principles and felt that she had made some connections. But she is looking forward and is very greatful for what she does have. She has reported that TONS of girls have been cut completely or have dropped out. She feels lucky to have visited 4 this round and is very excited about 3 of the houses. I am hoping and praying that she gets a full card tomorrow for pref.

Let me ask a question for all of the bama advisors on here: what do you think the effect of adding an additional skit day has been? Up thread someone suggested that it means that the deepest cuts will be tomorrow. Any word on how many girls are still in rush or what the quota may be?

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by KyKKGviaFlorida

She is doing well and has a great attitude to boot! For the skit rounds, she was asked back to four houses (Phil day she had 9). She was bummed about a couple of houses that cut her. She has been the best student of Greek chat principles and felt that she had made some connections. But she is looking forward and is very greatful for what she does have. She has reported that TONS of girls have been cut completely or have dropped out. She feels lucky to have visited 4 this round and is very excited about 3 of the houses. I am hoping and praying that she gets a full card tomorrow for pref.

Great to hear! We all know it just takes one!

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by KyKKGviaFlorida

Let me ask a question for all of the bama advisors on here: what do you think the effect of adding an additional skit day has been? Up thread someone suggested that it means that the deepest cuts will be tomorrow. Any word on how many girls are still in rush or what the quota may be?

If anything, the girls are more rested because they get breaks. The sorority members don't get those breaks.
Not that many have dropped out or been released, so far, under 200. When you go from 8 to 3 parties, there are bound to be higher numbers in the release list. As long as the PNMs have at least 1 party to go to, things will probably work out OK.

[KyKKGviaFlorida]

Update: apparently there is rain and hail in t-town. Parties are delayed due to weather. My nerves.......

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by KyKKGviaFlorida

Update: apparently there is rain and hail in t-town. Parties are delayed due to weather. My nerves.......

Oh my. It came through here earlier but just rain and thunder, no hail.

[honorgal]

Originally Posted by KyKKGviaFlorida

Update: apparently there is rain and hail in t-town. Parties are delayed due to weather. My nerves.......

Ugh, they have really had a lot to deal with this year. Hoping the weather clears up and they have no more delays. And good luck to your daughter!

[AUmom2012]

If they went to a second day today, how parties did they have? Or what was the max of parties I should say?