Women who start out at community college

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

I have a former student at a CC considering rushing at Wisconsin and it's going to be interesting to see her experience. She has fabulous grades and is great, but if a chapter has to choose between her and an equally great freshman....

Yes. Everyone keeps saying SEC, but it's beyond that...most of the Big 10, if I'm not mistaken? At U of I, you can get a bid to a top house as a sophomore, but as a junior...not so much.

Originally Posted by carnation

I have a couple of rec girls who did dual enrollment their senior year and got enough hours through that to be sophomores, although they just graduated from high school 2 weeks ago. I'd love for them to be my sisters but fear that their sophomore status will hurt them. All I could do is write a strong rec highlighting their grades and dual enrollment and pray hard.

And that's why I love upperclassmen quotas.

Will they be on campus for four years? This stuff is weird to me, because I came in with AP credit that made me a sophomore as far as the registrar was concerned, but I was definitely in a freshman rush group.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Will they be on campus for four years? This stuff is weird to me, because I came in with AP credit that made me a sophomore as far as the registrar was concerned, but I was definitely in a freshman rush group.

I don't know for sure but it seems like most students are taking over 4 years to graduate. It's so wrong that PNMs could be penalized for excelling!

[AGDee]

I have had one chapter in this region who had several women end up going part time at their University where the chapter was and part time at the community college nearby to save some money. This was a commuter school and 90% of them lived at home with parents. It raised questions whether they could be active members while doing this and, since they were still matriculating at the University and were carrying a full time load between the two, they stayed active in the chapter. It is one of those gray areas.

I see a difference between a first semester Junior and a first semester Senior who is actually graduating that year also. One has two years in the chapter, 1/4th of which is the new member term, one has a year, half of which is their new member term.

Also, if the Senior just changed majors and is going to be around for two more years, that's different too. Ultimately, it seems like it takes about a year to get acclimated to the whole sorority life thing and personally, I think I would feel like I was graduating just as I really understood what was going on.

I've definitely worked with chapters that had a lot of non-trads including married women and single moms. I just wonder how good of an experience a senior who is graduating that year will have. Sophs and Juniors going through recruitment are not unusual at most schools in Michigan, except perhaps Michigan and Michigan State. There are usually at least a couple chapters at each of those schools who would take a great Junior though.