Have some fire: Live recruitment thread!

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Didn't OSU used to have some sort of thing not allowing them to go over total even if the number of women going through rush and the subsequent quota set would have warranted it? If I'm pulling this out of my butt or confusing it w/ another school please correct me. Obviously if houses can't hit total now it's kind of a moot point.

Yes, and last I heard that's still the case but I could be wrong.

[Benzgirl]

The clip from this document is from 2002. I can't find anything newer:
"I. Phase 1 – Quota


Determined at this time Based on historical data, and what had been happening in the past few years, this team came up with the following:
A. Quota/Cap

Quota would be the number of vacancies to maximum of 25 to Campus Total of 100

I.E. If group ZYW has 70 members before Formal Recruitment, they can take only 25, leaving 5 vacancies for them to COB to Total of 100.

If group ABC has 80 members, then 20 will be their quota as that this would put them at Campus Total of 100.

The goal is to move to a Quota/Total format with 3-5 years once recruitment numbers have stabilized as well as chapters being healthy.
B. Campus Total

At this time, Campus Total will stay at 100
C. Release figures

We will continue using release figures
D. COB

Continuous Open Bidding will be strongly encouraged as Formal recruitment will no longer be able to be relied on to reach Campus Total."

[PhoenixAzul]

Woohoo, a Columbus recruitment thread!

Hello from your neighbors out on the loop .

[bellefille]

Thanks, everyone, for the well wishes! I know as the days pass by, I'm getting more and more excited about my future endeavors and hopefully finding a sisterhood that I truely belong in. I'm so nervous though too! During break, I went shopping for some clothes for each round which, if i do say so myself, are all adorable

For those that don't know, OSU has 14 sororities that go through formal:
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Alphi Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi

[southbymidwest]

Hey bellefille, I hope you have a fabulous recruitment. OSU is such a wonderful school, with lots to do and great sororities. Please dress warmly, so you don't freeze your keister off any more than you have to! (DD had friends who bailed from recruitment because of horrible weather last year.)

As to quota system, I believe it was changed as of this autumn. In the past, as said before, your house could have a maximum of 100 girls. Even if you still had room under quota. So, for example, if quota was 25, but a house was at 78, they could only bring in 22 new members. (78+22=100).

IF I understand what DD was TRYING to explain to me, now you can have up to 100 members before Formal, and then bring in quota at Formal, without worrying about the 100 girl ceiling. So, consequently, informal (which was for sophomores and up only) this autumn was a bit different, I think all sororities participated, because they had more spots available. As a result, a few houses already have around 90 girls due to strong informal recruiting numbers, when they normally would have had around 70-75. So even if a house has 90 girls, they will be able to bring in up to the quota number, probably 25ish?, as compared to the past, when they would only be allowed to bring in 10. Based on numbers on OSU's website, it looks like 9 of the 14 sororities can make 100 if they hit quota of 25. A few others are a just a couple of girls away from that. I was kind of surprised at the change, as there are still a few chapters who consistently do not come close to 100, and that this would hurt them more. But the powers that be must be seeing increased numbers and stronger interest in sororities.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by southbymidwest

I was kind of surprised at the change, as there are still a few chapters who consistently do not come close to 100, and that this would hurt them more.

So in other words, they did this 100 person cap for several years and it still didn't help the struggling groups? If there were multiple groups not hitting total, why didn't they just lower it in the first place?

I'm all for helping chapters that need help but apparently this method didn't work, and it's not fair to the girls who got denied a chapter they may have wanted and who wanted them because the quota system wasn't being used normally. The fact of the matter is, if you're under total you have to fix it yourself in the off semesters...so you can go into rush on an equal footing. Panhel regulations aren't going to help you.

(And yes, I know I sound like I'm contradicting myself. But membership caps are not the same as total.)

[KSUViolet06]

Yay for Ohio.

That's all.

[gee_ess]

Rooting for Kappa - since we have eliminated the codes...

[texas_09]

oo i'm excited for this one since it's at OSU! One of my best guy friends is a sigma chi there and hes totally into the whole greek life scene...I hope your recruitment turns out to be amazingg!!!

[myopicsunflower]

Good luck and have fun with recruitment! One of my really good friends was a Buckeye and in the Greek system there -- she had an absolute blast.

[WVU alpha phi]

Rooting for Alpha Phi (obviously)! My sister just graduated from OSU and lived across from the Alpha Phi house. I had a chance to meet some of the ladies and get a tour of the house when I was up there this past June for graduation.

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

Obviously rooting for Delta Delta Delta! Hopefully the weather will warm up a tad for you during Recruitment.

[thetygerlily]

I don't think I saw dates posted (I like to know how long I have to wait ), but this is from one of the chapter's sites:

Union Round: Saturday January 9th
House Tour Round: Sunday January 10th
Philanthropy Round: Saturday January 16th
Preference Round: Sunday January 17th

And then bid day on Monday Jan 18.

Good luck bellefille! May you find the right house to suit your aspirations & needs... and above all else, great sisters! I'd love to see a Kappa result to kick off the new year, but regardless I hope you find a great group for you Can't wait to hear how the first day goes... it's quickly approaching!

[AOIIBuckeye]

Ooohh I'm excited for an OSU thread! I'm a recent alum (AOII obviously) and i'm missing the days for preparing for formal recruitment. To clear up the quota thing, cap was changed this year to allow chapters to be over 100, but they can still only take quota. Quota is determined by the number of girls who are still in recruitment prior to Preference round divided by 14 (the number of houses that go through formal recruitment).

I'm so pumped to hear your story! OSU is a great school and a great place to be greek, and there really is a chapter for everyone here. The diversity between chapters is amazing. If you have any specific questions you can PM me and I'll do my best to be objective (I was a rho gamma last year and should be able to answer most questions about OSU greek life). Good luck, I'm rooting for you!

[bellefille]

First things first, I'm sorry to keep all of you waiting! Since I've been back at school, I've been without computer access. Long story short, my computer sucks. But I'm working through it all!

Thanks, once again, for all the encouraging words. I don't know how to quote many posts so I can't thank everyone individually but know I appreciate all of the kind words!

The first two rounds are approaching quickly! I've planned most my outfits and talked to some girls on my floor about what we're nervous/excited for and all that good stuff. The first "meeting" tomorrow is the final info session for all the houses. Each gives a little presentation and afterwards, I believe, the girls are available to ask individual questions to. After that comes Friday, which is orientation and finally Saturday aka First Round!!

As I've said many times before, I'm beyond excited for these next two weeks. I've got a pretty heavy work load this quarter so I probably won't update y'all until Saturday night after my first round.

I should have my computer back by Thursday or Friday (CROSS YOUR FINGERS PLEASE!) so stay tuned until then.