University of Texas Recruitment August 21-28, 2012

[shirley1929]

My two current favorites are:

"After being stopped the non-UT subject attempted to make two telephone calls on a credit card. The subject dialed the number then placed the card to his ear. He was a bit taken aback when no one answered"

and

"discovered a UT student who was providing alcohol enriched compost to the local flora"

[FSUZeta]

What a mature young lady you raised!! Thank goodness things worked out.

Hopefully the GL person sent a memo after recruitment to all the sororities reminding them that if they are going to use social media to research PNMs, they should make darn sure that they are certain the account belongs to the PNM they are researching.

[DubaiSis]

But if your name is Brittany Jones (or whatever the uber-common name would be in your area), maybe the better choice is to have a carefully cleaned but fully available social media presence. If those in search had found more than one Brittany Jones, maybe they would have been more careful in their judgement. An available page that said "happy rush week everyone! I'm officially going quiet here until rush is over. Wish me luck!" and then actually not saying anything else might have made clear this girl wasn't the snotty one.

[AnchorAlumna]

Agree...I do check Facebook profiles, and it's very helpful to have a picture, high school, home town, to make sure I'm looking at the right person. Clean it up, make it nice. Of course we love it when a PNM's page is wide open, but I'm usually just looking for a picture.

[GeorgiaGreek]

I'm actually kind of surprised anyone would look for a twitter because 1. the picture is tiny, even with an open profile 2. there's no background info on the PNM unless you want to take time reading all of their tweets and 3. people use twitter as an outlet to complain. Not exclusively to do so, but most girls have tweets about how hard their day was, how stupid boys are, or how ridiculous something someone is wearing is, etc. Most people follow corporate accounts and friends because they don't care that much what random things acquaintances have to say.
Still, of course it would be good to make sure yours is clean, but I don't think they're a good tool for actives to use in their "investigations."

[33girl]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaGreek

I'm actually kind of surprised anyone would look for a twitter because 1. the picture is tiny, even with an open profile 2. there's no background info on the PNM unless you want to take time reading all of their tweets and 3. people use twitter as an outlet to complain. Not exclusively to do so, but most girls have tweets about how hard their day was, how stupid boys are, or how ridiculous something someone is wearing is, etc. Most people follow corporate accounts and friends because they don't care that much what random things acquaintances have to say.
Still, of course it would be good to make sure yours is clean, but I don't think they're a good tool for actives to use in their "investigations."

They might be a good tool if you're on the fence about someone. Or if you know you'll have nearly 100% return acceptance rates and OMG PLEASE WE NEED TO DO SOME PRE-WEEDING SOME WAY SOME HOW SO WE'RE NOT HERE TILL 4 FREAKIN' AM.

[pmdal]

I was surprised about the twitter investigation, honestly.... My daughter could hav been cut for another reason, but the information I received was so specific that I took it at face value......

[ladybug12]

Believe me, Twitter seemed to be used as much as Facebook this year to provide negative information on PNMs at the chapters I visited for recruitment.

Social media was the downfall for many PNMs...

I agree that more research should be done with Twitter information to make sure it is tracked to the right person.

[pmdal]

Blondie93 I think that is a great idea! I write a lot of recommendations as well, sometimes for friends of friends and checking their social media would help a lot. I also think that if you tell the girls - that are asking for a recommendation or letter of support - to include their facebook, twitter account names, then they might clue in to the fact that they will be reviewed during recruitment.....

[LadyLonghorn]

This is why I am not a fan of PNMs making their social media private. Too much confusion can happen. It's better to have a limited searchable profile with a good photo so that it is clearly you. I don't think putting your social media links on applications, resumes etc. is the answer. It would be easy to set up classy account to show alumnae, chapters etc. while remaining awful on your real account.

I also wouldn't take an alumna's word on why she was cut. She wasn't in on MS and it's ridiculous to me that she would even tell someone's mother why her daughter was cut. At best it was second hand gossip. At worst it was made up to make you and your daughter feel better that it really wasn't about her as a person. Whatever the case, I am glad things worked out for her in the end.

[skylights]

Does UT Panhellenic have access to the PNM's official high school transcripts on their official UT Admissions file for GPA verification after the PNM fills out the online recruitment registration? Or is it the GPA that the PMN types on the online registration form that all the active chapter members receive (without being verified)? I suppose their grades will be verified by recs and the transcripts that get sent along with the recs to the chapters anyway.

[KSUViolet06]

^^^^Disclaimer: I did not go to UT. However, most schools all use the same recruitment computer system, which I have used. In my experience, the GPA that the PNM types in is ALWAYS verified by official transcripts. So yes, they have access.

[Titchou]

They generally report to the chapters the GPA of your core curriculum or whatever were accepted as college prep courses by the college or university you are attending.

[pinapple]

Yes, it is verified.

[Ladybugmom]

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

http://www.facebook.com/texaspanhellenic

Thanks!!