Alabama Sorority Rush Question

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

Yes, 60% of this year's freshmen class

Wow. Interesting; thanks. I guess I was surprised because public universities here (NC) have an 18% cap on OOS students. The one exception to that is the School of the Arts, which is really a conservatory. Most tend to hover closer to 15%. I should know better than to assume rules and practices are similar elsewhere.

/tangent

[DubaiSis]

I think Alabama has positioned itself like Michigan or Purdue - yes they're state schools but they put a lot of emphasis on geographic diversity like the ivies do. I won't comment on if they focus on racial diversity... No clue.

[dekeguy]

Originally Posted by Titchou

You obviously didn't read all the posts. You get your schedule at orientation.

I see what you mean, but I am still a bit confused. At every University with which I am familiar Orientation is when they show the nubies around and give them practical advice on life at XX University. Registration is where they take your money, if not already paid, issue you your ID card, and set up your class schedule. With a new freshman your schedule is pretty well fixed in stone with very minor differences depending on what you are shooting for: Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, etc. I don't recall much in the way of electives until sophomore year or maybe one or two in second semester. One was just handed a printout showing your classes and their meeting times and locations.
If in this case Orientation and Registration are combined I would think that a freshman's class schedule would be pretty much already set in stone and she could get it from the registrars office later. I think it really depends on where her priorities are focused.
As I said, I do not claim great knowledge of the system there so I would appreciate your thoughts on this matter. If she really wants to rush would it not be possible for her to visit the registrar's office a day or so later and still accomplish both rush and registration?

[DubaiSis]

Possibly at some schools orientation and registration are 2 different things but at my university (and clearly Alabama as well) they are one in the same thing. So she can skip the kumbaya Bama! Roll Tide! stuff, but she has to be there for the actual class registration. And at a school this size, you aren't just slotted into your freshman classes. Rhetoric (or English or whatever Bama calls it) will have 50 or 100 classes, and by the time she gets there 90% of those classes will all be full. So then she has to do the dance to figure out when she can have rhetoric and math and science and history or whatever, all of which also have multiple sessions, and most of which will also already be full. It's a huge cluster and some time has to be spent working it out. She will need assistance with that. When I went to school, you also got your football tickets at orientation. But that was 300 years ago and things have changed re: football all over the country so that's not necessarily a thing there.

And it's because of the huge cluster that is freshman registration at a huge school, I am really hoping for her sake she can get an earlier time slot. The freshman rhetoric class at 7AM? You KNOW that's the kids who had orientation the last week.

[Hartofsec]

From the UA Panhellenic site under Bama Bound tab:

What if I Want to Participate in Recruitment, but Cannot Attend a Bama Bound Orientation Session Prior to August?


If you cannot attend any of the Bama Bound Orientation sessions prior to August, then you will need to register for the Freshman Final Session on Thursday, August 14. Since the August 14th Freshman Final Session is scheduled during the Skit Round of Sorority Recruitment, you will need to make note of this conflict on your Innova registration form when it asks if you "anticipate any conflicts that might prevent you from attending any of the recruitment activities." At Convocation, you will also need to notify your Sigma Rho Chi (Recruitment Counselor) of this conflict, so that we can make arrangements for you to attend any Skit parties you are invited to on Wednesday, August 13th, thus freeing up Thursday, August 14th for you to attend Bama Bound Orientation, so you can register for your classes and pay your student bill.


Registration, the process of setting up a class schedule and reserving a place for you in each of those classes, can only be done during the BAMA Bound summer orientation. Until a student's class schedule has been confirmed and UA has received the payment of tuition, course fees, residence hall room, Dining Dollars, meal options, and parking decal charges, registration is NOT complete. As such, students who report to campus for formal sorority recruitment before they have completed orientation and registration may have issues accessing some of the services such as dining until they develop and confirm a student schedule through the Office of Student Receivables. If you have not participated in orientation before you come to campus for formal recruitment, we suggest that you start a Bama Cash account by going to http://actcard.ua.edu (or call 800-474-2288 during business hours) or bring cash, a credit or a debit card with you. You will need money for meals until your Fall schedule is confirmed in the Office of Student Receivables.

The Action Card Office will be open on Saturday, August 9th and Sunday, August 10th from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to assist students who cannot access dining or residence hall services. Please call (205) 348-2288 or stop by the Campus Drive Parking Deck, 451 Campus Drive East. This is the Transit Hub. For students who submitted a photo online, your Action Card will be ready for pick- up at the Action Card office. If you failed to submit a photo online, you will need to be prepared to have your Action Card produced at the Action Card office. As noted above, many services accessed by the Action Card will not be available until your Fall schedule is confirmed through the Office of Student Receivables.

Continues: http://www.uapanhellenic.com/2014-fa...cruitment.html

[33girl]

What's the max parties you can get in skit round and how long are they?

[ree-Xi]

Not sure if Bama students actively use this, but many schools have FB groups for their incoming freshman classes. Perhaps you can ask on there if anyone has an earlier orientation slot that they would be willing to switch with the latest one, then talk privately.

Not sure how that would work, if the site is updated automatically, that student can drop their slot and you can refresh the screen and grab it (maybe 4am when it's less likely people are in there trying to do the same).

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by 33girl

What's the max parties you can get in skit round and how long are they?

A maximum of 8 parties @ 45 minutes each.

[monogrambelle]

It has been about 4 years since I went to Bama Bound (orientation), but I am really shocked that spots have filled up this early. I don't know if things have changed since I did it or (hopefully) maybe you are reading the situation wrong. When I went to Bama, you couldn't sign up till May for orientation. The first few weeks of May were assigned for honors college members to attend orientation and then any days after that you were fine. I'm not sure why it would be strongly suggested for you to attend on August 14th unless you were dealing with financial difficulties and couldn't make it down before the start of school, which I understand. Anyways, I strongly suggest signing up for any time before recruitment but in case you do have to attend orientation during know that the only orientation even that you are required to go to is when you have to sign up for your classes and you do need to go to that or else you will be stuck in bad classes. Since that does fall on one of the two skit days you might get lucky and only have to miss a party or maybe none. I know that on my skit days, I had one party one day and then six the next day so hopefully things will work out where you will be able to register for your classes without missing anything.

[Benzgirl]

I'm writing a rec for a local girl, who is OOS. She provided me not only with her resume and photo, but also her HS transcript. While I have written a few recs for Bama in the past, I have never had a transcript.

Suggestions?

[SWTXBelle]

I always include it with my recommendations, and I've been complimented on the throughness of my recs.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I'm writing a rec for a local girl, who is OOS. She provided me not only with her resume and photo, but also her HS transcript. While I have written a few recs for Bama in the past, I have never had a transcript.

Suggestions?

Definitely include it. Most girls here send their HS (and/or college) transcript to all of their RIF writers along with photos and resume.

[Benzgirl]

Thanks ladies. I'm definitely a fish out of water when it comes to SEC recs.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I'm writing a rec for a local girl, who is OOS. She provided me not only with her resume and photo, but also her HS transcript. While I have written a few recs for Bama in the past, I have never had a transcript.

Suggestions?

Use the transcript to confirm her academic points such as GPA and ACT. If she is an honors student use it to highlight the specific rigorous coursework that she took.

Then include it with what you submit.

If she didn't black out her SS# then do that for her.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by ComradesTrue

Use the transcript to confirm her academic points such as GPA and ACT. If she is an honors student use it to highlight the specific rigorous coursework that she took.

Then include it with what you submit.

If she didn't black out her SS# then do that for her.

Yep, yep and YEP!