Bama Sorority Recruitment 2010

[UHDEEGEE]

I saw the DG news on Alabama's Director of Greek Affairs' page.

It just showed up on DG's Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/deltagamma

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by UHDEEGEE

It just showed up on DG's Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/deltagamma

I don't know whether this is visible to the public or just to logged in sisters, but it's also on the official webpage.

http://www.deltagamma.org/content.as...=News/bama.xml

[WregleXO]

Just learned today that my PNM pledged AXO - was apparently one of her two favorites the whole week so I am so very happy for her.

And I would not expect that many girls for Auburn and Opelika to be pledging at Bama - they tend to either stay at home or go to UGA. We train those girls not to follow the dark side.

[kk_bama]

I wrote 12 recs for girls who ended up accepting bids.

Here's how they panned out:

3 went AOII!

2 went KAO!

1 went KD!

1 went ZTA!

1 went DDD!

1 went APhi!

And....3 went Gamma Phi Beta! Wooohooo! I like to think that I affected the positive outcome in those three cases. (:

[carnation]

Originally Posted by WregleXO

And I would not expect that many girls for Auburn and Opelika to be pledging at Bama - they tend to either stay at home or go to UGA. We train those girls not to follow the dark side.

Hahaha!

[FuturePNMMom]

Hello! My dd is a Senior in high school this year and has planned on rushing at Bama since we took her to her first football game and she saw all the "pretty girls in the big houses" near the stadium.
I attended a small college out of state that did not have Greek life, so I know nothing about this. I have been following this site for the past week since we have some friends who have daughters that were PNMs at Bama during Rush last week. It has been so much fun and at times sad to read all of the different remarks. Thank you all for your heartfelt comments. I have learned so much in such a little time.

The reason for my post is that I am wondering if there is a guide to read or advice that you can give for us to begin to prepare for this process. I know that she has plenty of time and so much to still experience her Senior year, but it seems so overwhelming and I don't know how much help I will be to her, especially the recommendations.

I am a planner by nature, so until I can wrap my head around all of the things she is going to have to do to get ready for college and Rush, I'm probably going to drive myself crazy! I may need one of those drinks pictured at the beginning of this thread!

Thanks in advance for any and all advice!

[bama.mom]

Originally Posted by FuturePNMMom

Hello! My dd is a Senior in high school this year and has planned on rushing at Bama since we took her to her first football game and she saw all the "pretty girls in the big houses" near the stadium.
I attended a small college out of state that did not have Greek life, so I know nothing about this. I have been following this site for the past week since we have some friends who have daughters that were PNMs at Bama during Rush last week. It has been so much fun and at times sad to read all of the different remarks. Thank you all for your heartfelt comments. I have learned so much in such a little time.

The reason for my post is that I am wondering if there is a guide to read or advice that you can give for us to begin to prepare for this process. I know that she has plenty of time and so much to still experience her Senior year, but it seems so overwhelming and I don't know how much help I will be to her, especially the recommendations.

I am a planner by nature, so until I can wrap my head around all of the things she is going to have to do to get ready for college and Rush, I'm probably going to drive myself crazy! I may need one of those drinks pictured at the beginning of this thread!

Thanks in advance for any and all advice!

You have time to help your daughter prepare for BAMA rush. My daughter is a sophomore, very involved with her old row sorority and they had a fantastic pledge class this year. It would help your daughter tremendously to go to Bama this coming year, stay with girls from your hometown and get to know girls at the various chapters . My daughter got her two top girls from her high school for her sorority this year by doing this very thing- she invited them to campus and made them feel welcome, helped them with parties in the Spring, etc etc. So much of the success at Bama is about personal contacts. Good luck. These are my observations over the past two years and how it REALLY works.

[33girl]

Skip the rush right book - you can get everything it says here on GC absolutely free.

Listen to bama.mom, and advise your daughter to be wary of the senior year slump - she needs to keep her grades up and her activities as well.

[Gung-Ho-Chi-O]

I forgot to post my update ladies. My cousin's daughter pledged KD & LOVES her pledge class....most of her friends from high school are her pledge sisters so that's just the icing on the cake!

We were not sure where she may end up because she was a legacy in 2 different houses, including one where her mom & 4 aunts had been in previous years, plus she had 5 Chi-O cousins. She went to these 3 houses & I'm sure it was a difficult choice, but she went with her heart & we couldn't be more thrilled for her :-)

Congrats to all the new members & to the University on a huge, successful rush. The Crimson White ran a story where I believe Alabama's rush was the largest in the nation this year...that kind of blows my mind. We thought a quota of 74 the year after I pledged was giant!

[FSUZeta]

wow your girls hit the jackpot kk! congratulations to them all.

[MerryGPhiB]

Future PNM mom, there is a great book called " Rush Right" from suresister.com, it has some GREAT information in it.

Best wishes

[ellebud]

First thing I would do is to contact my friends who had daughters who went through this year. Ask the moms and then the daughters what they thought they did right, and what would they have changed.

And then.......pushy mom that I am I would see if the new pledges would talk to my daughter about Bama, sororities and all things fashion. Go to lunch or shopping. Let them get to know your daughter.

And then, since I have read the SEC recruitment threads: line up those recs now.

[AZTheta]

^^^what ellebud said, plus all the other posters.

And *banging the drum I always bang* GRADES GRADES GRADES keep those grades up. Scholarship is so very important. Every single chapter values it and a case of senioritis can torpedo a recruitment if the GPA plummets.

We look forward to helping, there are very wise people on these boards.

[TXalum1]

Do beware of the senior slump. I taught AP English a long time and had many of the same students two years in a row. They hit spring of that senior year, and many burn bridges they shouldn't. It hits so many parts of their lives. Grades do matter until the very end.

[bamamom14]

I agree with everything bama.mom said. My daughter just went through Rush at Bama. (She pledged KD!) She had at least one rec to every chapter - most of them she had two. We started getting those lined up in April & sent all the rec packets out in May/early June. We asked friends, family & anyone we knew that had been in a sorority to write a rec for her. All of them said yes & some even helped us get a rec for a sorority we didn't have a rec for. Have your daughter visit any friends she has at Bama now -during her Senior year of HS. My daughter visited 2 different friends in the fall & spring. She met girls in her friends' sorority and also in several other sororities. I would also encourage you to attend Greek Preview Wknd in the spring. There will be teas, parties, etc for future PNMs during that weekend. My daughter was invited to many of those as well - again a result of girls having met her when she visited her friends. When the girls she had met on her previous visits saw her during Rush - they already knew who she was. That's gotta help when the Houses are seeing possibly 1600 girls in a day. In a nutshell - she needs to get her name & her face out there - before Fall Rush even begins!