Alabama Recruitment Prediction (Fall 2008)

[bamagirl09]

Everyone except Gamma Phi made quota. There must be something wrong with Pi Phi's list on the website because they made quota (at least freshman quota).

[Aphigal]

Not sure how much this means, but the Alpha Phi rep my daughter spoke with said they weren't going for any particular number; they were going to take the ones they wanted, whether it was 2 or 200

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

And does anyone actually believe that?

Yes I actually find some grain of truth in this. Two members? Probably not but there have been some campuses (Cornell comes to mind) where we have specifically and very strategically only recruited 10 members and held at around that number for some time. Our Delta chapter is now a top rusher so when everyone thought we were "crazy" for re-colonizing with 10 members but we knew what we were doing

Now here is my disclaimer!! I want to caution people to not start thinking that our colonization plan is 10 women at Bama...I am not on the colonization team but given the house etc I would guess you will see somewhere around 100 new Phi's. However I felt really strongly that I needed to post and let people know yes we have pledged a highly selective few women on campuses where total is upwards of 100.

It's important on this campus to be ultra selective. So while we may have 300 or more interviews I would be highly surprised if we pledged to total this semester as some great women are either too shell shocked from formal recruitment to put themselved through another process. Other women are hanging back to see how we do, what shakes out. We would be interested in speaking with these women and potentially pledging some of them later in the semester.

On pins and needles for Alpha Phi and wishing the best to the team there!

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Aphigal

Yes I actually find some grain of truth in this. Two members? Probably not but there have been some campuses (Cornell comes to mind) where we have specifically and very strategically only recruited 10 members and held at around that number for some time. Our Delta chapter is now a top rusher so when everyone thought we were "crazy" for re-colonizing with 10 members but we knew what we were doing

Now here is my disclaimer!! I want to caution people to not start thinking that our colonization plan is 10 women at Bama...I am not on the colonization team but given the house etc I would guess you will see somewhere around 100 new Phi's. However I felt really strongly that I needed to post and let people know yes we have pledged a highly selective few women on campuses where total is upwards of 100.

It's important on this campus to be ultra selective. So while we may have 300 or more interviews I would be highly surprised if we pledged to total this semester as some great women are either too shell shocked from formal recruitment to put themselved through another process. Other women are hanging back to see how we do, what shakes out. We would be interested in speaking with these women and potentially pledging some of them later in the semester.

On pins and needles for Alpha Phi and wishing the best to the team there!

Plus, they can't extend 300 bids if chapter total or average size is smaller than that.

[kchaptergphib]

Congrats to all the New Members at Bama!
Last-year's list was so nicely organized. I hope someone in their office has the time to do that again for this year. Even my 25-year-old eyes strain a bit to read this year's and try to pick out individual members and hometowns!

[Fawn Liebowitz]

I think Bama Blast started at 4 today, too. "Bama Blast is an event designed to welcome all incoming freshmen and transfer students with free food and live entertainment, while giving students a chance to meet each other before classes begin."

[Lil_ChiO_Lady]

Im not sure if anyone has asked this, but what happened to SDT? I noticed they weren't included in recruitment totals.

[SWTXBelle]

They do not participate in formal recruitment. They do their own thing, and kudos to them.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by howdy

who would you say are the top sororities and Alabama? Which ones do the guys want to have parties with?

'Cause you rewording it TOTALLY makes me want to answer . . .

[AnchorAlumna]

OK, NOW I have put all the NEW info posted by UA (Thank you, Fawn Leibowitz, for posting the link) into another Excel spreadsheet, sortable by first name, last name, hometown, state, or sorority. PM me if you'd like it. BTW, I can't send an attachment to you via PM, so you'll need to send me an e-mail address.
ETA: Strike that. The "new info" was actually the 2007 list.
BUT...I still DO have the 2008 list on a sortable Excel spreadsheet. PM me with your e-mail address if you'd like a copy.

[Fawn Liebowitz]

Ooooh! Oooooh! They re-organized the list since the last time (less than an hour ago) I looked at it! Much easier to read!
http://www.uanews.ua.edu/anews2007/a...list082007.htm
Congrats to all the New Members at Bama!

That link is to last year's list.

[Loyally Kappa]

I went by Letters this morning to purchase small gifts for two girls whose mother's are friends of mine who pledged Chi O and AOPi. The shopkeeper told me that the Alpha Phi's already have 200 girls that they plan to interview for membership.

[AlphaXi_Husky]

Originally Posted by Loyally Kappa

I went by Letters this morning to purchase small gifts for two girls whose mother's are friends of mine who pledged Chi O and AOPi. The shopkeeper told me that the Alpha Phi's already have 200 girls that they plan to interview for membership.

Wooo - good job Alpha Phi! That's fantastic!

[Bamamom13]

rolltider17, are you on your pledge retreat? I thought I saw the A Chi Os leaving yesterday on buses. Also, the Phi Mu girls were leaving too.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by howdy

Can you tell me who the top sororites are at Alabama .....Which ones do the guys like to party with.

Go away Troll!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by bamadz

I have a quick question. If a girl is offered a bid by Alpha Phi and she denies it, she can't accept another "snap" bid from a different sorority, right? She has to wait a year, right before she can take another bid?

Originally Posted by Titchou

No. If she turns it down, she can accept elsewhere if one is offered. It's only if she accepts one that it is binding for a year. And it wouldn't be a "snap bid" from another group. It would be done thru COB/COR. Snap bids are offered between bid matching and actual bid day activities. Once all the bids are handed out from formal recruitment/snap bidding, the COR/COB process starts and continues until a group has reached quota and/or total. (or there is a moratorium for colonization for a new chapter)

The rules are different with formal and informal recruitment. In formal recruitment, a PNM could be matched to any group she lists on her MRAA. If, for example, she lists them all and gets her 3rd choice, but is unhappy with her result, she is still bound to them for one year, even if she doesn't "accept" on bid day.

A PNM theoretically can be offered as many bids via COB as there are chapters participating, but she can only accept one. Once she accepts one, and signs it, THEN she is bound for a whole year.

I'm not sure if colony status makes the "wait a year" rule void on accepted bids, but, merely being offered a COB bid does not bind a PNM in any situation.