The University of Texas Austin-A Hill Country Recruitment!

[Big12Alum]

Due to the very large number of PNMs, it was decided to add 5 parties to Philanthropy for a total of 15. There are 7 today (Fri) and 8 on Saturday. That will cause some PNMs to have an uneven split between days. Additional parties are also added to skit night. This is very exhausting for the actives, but so very exciting to have so many PNMs.

[in_a_mad_rush]

Does anyone have any idea what they are projecting quota to be? I would think we will be seeing one of the larger pledge classes some of these chapters have seen in a long time. I know for me I have never been a numbers game person, as rush is a process of the heart but I find a higher number exciting for UT Panhellenic!

[I<3Texas]

So late to this party preparing for my school's recruitment, but I'm IN LOVE with this code!!!

I was going for BOERNE, as that's my hometown

New fav (and hopefully Sweet Pea's) is Wimberley, as one of my fav sister's hometown.

Best of luck and what a week for the UPC community!

[txmomsecgrad]

Originally Posted by in_a_mad_rush

Does anyone have any idea what they are projecting quota to be? I would think we will be seeing one of the larger pledge classes some of these chapters have seen in a long time. I know for me I have never been a numbers game person, as rush is a process of the heart but I find a higher number exciting for UT Panhellenic!

Once again a very reliable source was told to expect quota to be around 60 ...hope all the PNM's are enjoying the process. The actives are finding this years added parties to be exhausting but are doing their best to keep everything positive and worthwhile...hang in there and don't stress about numbers

[kchaptergphib]

mmmm... Salt Lick at Dripping Springs... Due to your thread, in_a_mad_rush, and Wary's theme, I'm now drooling
Best of luck to both your PNMs

[in_a_mad_rush]

Philanthropy Round-Over 2 Days

So Sweet Pea attended parties at the following houses:

Gruene
Wimberely
Dripping Springs
Blanco
New Braunfels
Kerrville
Llano
Leakey

She attended the party at Gruene and really loved their philanthropy. She had a good conversation with her rusher and enjoyed learning more about the chapter.

Wimberley, her original front runner, again made a very strong showing but keep reading to find out what she thought about the overall process of recruitment and how it effects that thought process.

Dripping Springs-She really had a great time here today. She felt stronger about this chapter during this round.

Blanco-Sweet Pea is really loving this chapter. She liked that they stressed to her the importance of academics and she had a great conversation with her rusher.

New Braunfels-Again, nice conversations and she enjoyed her visit here.

Kerrville-Again, she really likes this house. She felt the rusher was really trying to sell her on this particular chapter. She let Sweet Pea know that they head great things in store for skit night and she was bumped to the President and they had a good conversation.

Llano-She really liked the philanthropy here also, but felt the conversation was more about her rusher talking about life at UT than trying to get to know her.

Leakey-She really liked how the rusher explained their philanthropy. Sweet Pea felt that her rusher was focused on the same questions of round one. She didn’t think she progressed here like she did with the other houses.

Sweet Pea was really happy after today. She had to rank her bottom two and she ranked Leaky & Llano.

She said if she had to pick one of the other six as “the one” she could not do this at this point. She is glad that recruitment is a mutual selection process because she wants the computer to do the selecting! She said she is hoping for a party schedule tomorrow, but knows big cuts are coming. She knows it only takes one. She said she is looking for a home that balances academics, the philanthropy and social activities. She has heard how some chapters do this via her conversations, and is looking forward to getting to know the other chapter’s stance on this balance. At this point she does not have a front runner, which she is happy about because she will be grateful for any house on her party list, even Leaky & Llano. She recognizes that given more time, and meeting different people, she can change her perception at any of the houses!

They have moved convocation up to 2:00 tomorrow…so until then….Sweet Dreams UT PNMs!

[carnation]

Okay, I'll go for Wimberley, then! Wimberley is the home of the (yeaaa!) fabulous Rocky River Ranch!

[in_a_mad_rush]

Skit Night….All Parties are tonight. Each house will host 7 parties and PNMs will max out at 6 houses each. Sweet Pea was invited back to 6 houses, one of which she ranked in her bottom two yesterday.

So Sweet Pea will be attending the following parties:

Wimberely

Dripping Springs

Blanco

New Braunfels

Kerrville

Leakey

After tonight’s round, each PNM will rank her choices, ideally going to a max of three tomorrow. Of course it only takes ONE! So one is always better than none! Good Luck to ALL UT PNMs tonight!

[AnchorAlum]

Originally Posted by Wary

I'm gonna go with Dripping Springs, in honor of the Salt Lick... although Llano has some kick-ass bbq as well. Those'll be the two I'm pulling for.

I'll tty tonight...

Wary, between this thread and your thread about Texas food, I'm about ready to get on a plane and fly over there. I miss the food THIS much.

Aside from that, I love following these Texas threads!

[in_a_mad_rush]

Ok so Sweet Pea had a great night at skit night. This how it went down:

Leakey-She thought the skit was just really strange. Her rusher was a bit quiet but she was introduced to some officers. Since she really liked all the houses yesterday and she was waiting for some type of fireworks, etc, and this did not happen here.

Wimberley-She really enjoyed her time here. She continues to love the balance of Scholarship, Social, and a Philanthropy that really speaks to her. She can see a home here for herself and she is really excited about what a future here would be like.

Dripping Springs-A house that is very popular and Sweet Pea was happy to see them on her list, but today, they just didn’t deliver the feelings she was looking for. She still really likes them and was having a “tent talk” block about ranking a “popular house” outside the top three.

Kerrville-This house was certainly showing the love tonight. Sweet Pea had contact with earlier rushers and officers and she enjoyed the skit.

New Braunfels-Sweet Pea had some concerns about this house earlier in the week. She was concerned about the balance it was striking between Scholarship, Social and Philanthropy. She said by far the skit was the most well done and funniest. The great time she had here left her scratching her head (not in public of course!) in utter confusion.

Blanco-Again, this is another house that was really showing the love to Sweet Pea and Sweet Pea was really happy with how things progressed here.

So she was really confused as she sat in front of the computer. The only thing she was really sure of was placing Leakey last. She is really torn between the last five and said she could see herself at any of the five houses, understanding Dripping Springs may have just been having an off night since she had loved them earlier. So she took a deep breath and hit enter…….

1. Wimberley
2. Kerrville
3. Blanco
4. New Braunfels
5. Dripping Springs
6. Leakey

Even though New Braunfels completely dazzled tonight, Sweet Pea chose Wimberley, Kerrville and Blanco because they had consistently delivered all week and after reviewing her journal for the week she decided….slow and steady wins the race. With that said, she is having separation anxiety with New Braunfels and is glad that this process is back in the computer’s hands. She honestly could see herself at any of the top 5 she has listed (Knowing she really liked Dripping Springs all week...and maybe they were just "off" tonight). So now she waits…….. Pref Night Invites go out at 4:30 tomorrow night.

[I<3Texas]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlum

Wary, between this thread and your thread about Texas food, I'm about ready to get on a plane and fly over there. I miss the food THIS much.

Aside from that, I love following these Texas threads!

mmm Coopers!

Definitely went to Rudy's tonight in honor of this thread

[FSUZeta]

good luck to sweet pea! hope that sunshine is doing okay.

[in_a_mad_rush]

Just curious why Ms. George feels it is neccessary to QFP almost every recruitment story posted on these boards? When enjoying everyone else's stories, I find to an interruption, annoying and frankly rude, as it lends itself to a general position of distrust. Certainly there are better ways to spend the day. JMO.

[in_a_mad_rush]

Originally Posted by Regina.George

qfp

haha...I just sent a PM to someone wondering how long that would take. It defines predictability.

[Benzgirl]

I agree that the QFP is getting annoying. But then, I'm the anti-QFP person who even started a thread on the over-use of it.