SPRING RECRUITMENT AT UGA

[Thetagirl218]

Hmmm.....I have the strange feeling I out of the loop about the OP and a previous post....

Anyways, back to the question....Like it has been said, its pretty simple when a sorority does informal or COB. They have spots to fill and it can because of various reasons, raised total or quota, they had members graduate, etc.

I honestly don't see what the big deal is? Most sororities participate in COB at some point, and it can be a great time to recruit members.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I honestly don't see what the big deal is? Most sororities participate in COB at some point, and it can be a great time to recruit members.

At some of the more competitive schools, COB doesn't happen often because the chapters regularly reach total via formal recruitment. It is also the case at these schools that if a chapter DOES have open spots, they are filled without publicized COB events (or in some cases not filled) because chapters don't want to be identified as one that is not at total and had to COB, as the chapter may not be viewed as a strong one (though that may not actually be the case at all)..

[KMac]

Originally Posted by hollywin

I noticed on the UGA website that all sororities are participating in Spring recruitment. This is very unusual. I was wondering if anyone knew why it is different this time. FYI to some..my daughter is not participating so I am not being a "helicopter" parent..just curious. I don't remember Ga. ever doing this.

I know that at our school if a few sororities (I guess in our case it would be the majority) do not make quota they make everyone rush again in the spring regardless of how many girls each can take ours ranged anywhere from one sorority taking 5 to another taking 20. This could be a new rule implemented at UGA, and another reason other than raising total mid-way through a year.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by KMac

I know that at our school if a few sororities (I guess in our case it would be the majority) do not make quota they make everyone rush again in the spring regardless of how many girls each can take ours ranged anywhere from one sorority taking 5 to another taking 20. This could be a new rule implemented at UGA, and another reason other than raising total mid-way through a year.

If the MAJORITY of chapters aren't at total, of course it makes sense to have 2 rushes a year. That's often the case at smaller schools with deferred rush or not a lot of Greek interest. The thing is, that isn't the case at UGA, unless they had a buttload of girls quit this semester.

[ngg]

My understanding of things is as follows - UGA has been experiencing a significant dropoff in enrollment during Spring semester, due to students graduating after 4 1/2 years, dropping out, etc. Last Spring the University offered a group of high school seniors admssion for January 2009 in an effort to "up" their second semester numbers. A friend of mine's daughter, who was wait listed at the time, received this offer and happily accepted. Of course, these girls were unable to participate in Fall recruitment and my friend says UGA is addressing the issue by instating a Spring recruitment. Hope others will be able to add to this information. I would love to know how many students were admitted for second semester and if the sororities intend to increase total to accomodate them.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ngg

My understanding of things is as follows - UGA has been experiencing a significant dropoff in enrollment during Spring semester, due to students graduating after 4 1/2 years, dropping out, etc. Last Spring the University offered a group of high school seniors admssion for January 2009 in an effort to "up" their second semester numbers. A friend of mine's daughter, who was wait listed at the time, received this offer and happily accepted. Of course, these girls were unable to participate in Fall recruitment and my friend says UGA is addressing the issue by instating a Spring recruitment. Hope others will be able to add to this information. I would love to know how many students were admitted for second semester and if the sororities intend to increase total to accomodate them.

That makes sense - and how considerate of UGA to accomodate these girls! Hope it all goes well.

[Tippiechick]

Wow, Blueangel. You are even on at the same usual time that you usually posted. And, you said Sheila's name just to show who you are. Just another priceless example of how strange you are.

[hollywin]

Thanks for this information. Good luck to all going through.

[icelandelf]

Originally Posted by hollywin

Thanks for this information. Good luck to all going through.

Wow you're back too. Impressive kind of a Monday!

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by ngg

My understanding of things is as follows - UGA has been experiencing a significant dropoff in enrollment during Spring semester, due to students graduating after 4 1/2 years, dropping out, etc. Last Spring the University offered a group of high school seniors admssion for January 2009 in an effort to "up" their second semester numbers. A friend of mine's daughter, who was wait listed at the time, received this offer and happily accepted. Of course, these girls were unable to participate in Fall recruitment and my friend says UGA is addressing the issue by instating a Spring recruitment. Hope others will be able to add to this information. I would love to know how many students were admitted for second semester and if the sororities intend to increase total to accomodate them.

That is what I heard as well....however I was under the impression that not ALL sororities would be participating...

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

That is what I heard as well....however I was under the impression that not ALL sororities would be participating...

http://www.uga.edu/panhellenic/recruit/index.html

UGA's Panhellenic website says that all 17 chapters are participating.

[carnation]

I'm thrilled that UGa is doing this; how wonderful it is that so many women will get a chance to join sororities! My daughter took part in an architectural project to refurbish one of the houses and she says that excitement is running high for both members and PNMs!

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by OTW

http://www.uga.edu/panhellenic/recruit/index.html

UGA's Panhellenic website says that all 17 chapters are participating.

Thanks. The last I was told about this (about 3 weeks ago) I guess Panhellenic was still working out the kinks.

Does anyone know if there will be a quota?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by OTW

http://www.uga.edu/panhellenic/recruit/index.html

UGA's Panhellenic website says that all 17 chapters are participating.

Is it weird to question whether all 17 chapters doing open houses necessarily equals all 17 giving bids?

What does "participating"really mean, unless this recruitment is a second formal with even groups above total getting to give more bids?

That could work out really well if the spring quota is pretty small AND groups below total get to give additional bids up to total plus whatever number quota is.

I think this is probably a really good thing although I doubt the January admits are really the driving force behind it. Has anyone seen a newspaper article about that trend or program? UGA is generally considered over-enrolled in the fall, I think, and while I'm sure the university would be eager to balance numbers between the two big semesters, I think it's really unlikely that they would address the issue by admitting enough new freshmen to have it work out. To me, it would make a lot more sense to offer more upper level classes needed for graduation only in the spring. However, I can totally see the pressure being on UGA to admit more qualified kids who want to go there and so they offer more admissions in January when they seem to have more space.

For whatever my random opinion is worth, I think the spring recruitment thing is much more about the groups and how to get more people to participate in spring recruitment than it is about responsiveness to parental concerns about when the January admits rush. (If it's a big enough number of kids to influence recruitment policy at UGA at the Greek Life level, it's a big enough group of kids for the GLOs to figure out how to handle on their own.)

[hollywin]

Originally Posted by OTW

http://www.uga.edu/panhellenic/recruit/index.html

UGA's Panhellenic website says that all 17 chapters are participating.

This is why this thread was started because for the first time (and I go back a long time) Spring Rush included all sororities. This was very surprising to me and I wanted to know if anyone had information as to why they would do this. The answers that I have seen have been great and hopefully will allow so many great girls to be included in Greek Life if they so choose.