What’s the backup plan for recruitment in August? - Page 14

msbeta · #1 08-06-2020, 01:27 PM

Recruitment at Southern Miss starts with Orientation on August 9. Mississippi State starts on August 11.

shadokat · #2 08-06-2020, 01:49 PM

Bama starts Saturday, August 8th through Sunday, August 16th.

PersistentDST · #3 08-06-2020, 03:42 PM

This weekend will be the first test. I’m super intrigued to see how virtual recruitment will go. Prayers to the technology committees...

Has anyone else seen the influx of PNM intro videos on YouTube? I was looking at a vloggers fashion haul (she posts sorority vids sometimes) and I saw a ton of videos on the up next list. I didn’t think the girls would actually post their videos for the world...

FSUZeta · #4 08-06-2020, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by PersistentDST

This weekend will be the first test. I’m super intrigued to see how virtual recruitment will go. Prayers to the technology committees...

Has anyone else seen the influx of PNM intro videos on YouTube? I was looking at a vloggers fashion haul (she posts sorority vids sometimes) and I saw a ton of videos on the up next list. I didn’t think the girls would actually post their videos for the world...

Oh my!

SweetHomeStL · #5 08-06-2020, 11:14 PM

Some campus Panhellenic offices told them to post to YouTube or other Similar sites so that it would be better video quality before uploading to their recruitment application. There are some interesting ones but most are very sweet. These ladies are making their lemonade!

BBH · #6 08-08-2020, 03:46 PM

Our daughter started rush today at Iowa State. Currently watching videos of the 16 chapters and doesn’t talk to anyone today. At the end of the day she ranks her top 11. Round 2 she watches videos and then is put into a Zoom room with girls fro the chapter for a chat with up to 11 houses. After that they rank top 7 and do it again.

It sounded like the PNM’s have a lot more control until cuts for pref. As of now Pref is still in person as well as bid day on Thursday.

TLLK · #7 08-08-2020, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BBH

Our daughter started rush today at Iowa State. Currently watching videos of the 16 chapters and doesn’t talk to anyone today. At the end of the day she ranks her top 11. Round 2 she watches videos and then is put into a Zoom room with girls fro the chapter for a chat with up to 11 houses. After that they rank top 7 and do it again.

It sounded like the PNM’s have a lot more control until cuts for pref. As of now Pref is still in person as well as bid day on Thursday.

Good luck to your daughter! Hope that all goes well for her.

BBH · #8 08-09-2020, 08:16 AM

Got back 11 for this round, lost one from her top 5. She has two parties today and 9 tomorrow. The two today she had ranked lower so good for her to get a feel for how the Zoom rush conversations will go. Still would have been nice to have more balance between today and tomorrow.

ISUKappa · #9 08-09-2020, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BBH

Got back 11 for this round, lost one from her top 5. She has two parties today and 9 tomorrow. The two today she had ranked lower so good for her to get a feel for how the Zoom rush conversations will go. Still would have been nice to have more balance between today and tomorrow.

Good luck to your daughter! It sounds like the university and Panhellenic council are both taking precautions to keep everyone safe, yet still try to give them a rewarding recruitment experience. I'm sure the actives in the houses are still getting used to this format as well.

I love how they do bid day on Central Campus now. I really wish they would have done that when I went through 23 (!) years ago.

FSUZeta · #10 08-09-2020, 01:08 PM

Wishing your daughter the best! How is she feeling about the virtual format?

BBH · #11 08-09-2020, 02:17 PM

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Wishing your daughter the best! How is she feeling about the virtual format?

She said it was alright for round 1 but didn’t like not getting to talk. Made it hard as she said all the videos started to look alike. Also, due to the late changes not all chapters had time to put much into the videos so she felt some were very limited on information about the house.

Had her first virtual conversation this morning and said it went well. She has another one later today and then 9 tomorrow. We heard they are keeping the parties small in anticipation of computer glitches since it’s an unknown adventure for all involved.

This is a lot less stressful than our older D’s rush experience at IU.

Iota_JWH · #12 08-09-2020, 01:59 PM

I believe bid day is today at Troy U in Alabama, hoping for the best!

PersistentDST · #13 08-09-2020, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Iota_JWH

I believe bid day is today at Troy U in Alabama, hoping for the best!

Troy’s bidday was yesterday! Looks like they did all of recruitment in person (with some color coordinated masks).

BBH · #14 08-10-2020, 12:59 PM

So daughter was in the middle of one of her virtual parties when the tornado sirens started going off and then they lost power. Several trees down all around campus and town, several sororities without power as well.

She had 9 virtual parties today so not sure what is happening now. Saw some pictures of trees down across power lines and one of the dorms on campus had a big picture window busted out due to the storm. This is certainly a strange rush experience so far but she seems to be taking it all in stride. Can't imagine what the chapters are going through now with this new curve ball thrown at them in the middle of rush.

TLLK · #15 08-10-2020, 02:15 PM

Oh no all this and a tornado warning??? Consider the stories these PNMs and collegians will have to share in the future!