UCF Recruitment Story '08

[violetpretty]

Congratulations to your daughter and Alpha Epsilon Phi!

[lawgal]

I notice that at UCF only some of the sororities have houses. Are there plans for the other sororities to get houses? What do the other chapters, like Theta, or AEPhi do? Do they have dorm floors assigned for that sorority, like at Auburn?

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by lawgal

I notice that at UCF only some of the sororities have houses. Are there plans for the other sororities to get houses? What do the other chapters, like Theta, or AEPhi do? Do they have dorm floors assigned for that sorority, like at Auburn?

From what I was last told by my friends at UCF, Theta has plans to build a house in the next couple of years. They colonized at UCF in 2000, so they are one of the newer sororities on campus. I do not believe they have dorm floors. As for recruitment, I would imagine they use space in campus buildings.

[BellaBerlee]

*sigh*

The long battle of houses for chapters at UCF. There is talk of a Greek Park 2. However, greek park 2 would be a dorm style housing/apartments. The state has approved GP 2, we're just awaiting UCF - which had other ideas to finish up before GP 2. If GP 2 is dorm style, it would still be a major disadvantage for the unhoused sororities/fraternities as the older sororities have mansion style houses.

UCF just demolished the old, run down, PIKE house. Their plans are to build 2 houses on that land. Whether it goes to Greek housing or not - we're not sure yet. Hopefully it will, and hopefully it'll go to sororities.

UCF is also in battle with the old SAE and Sig Ep houses. UCF is in talks of purchasing those houses and potentially renting them out to Greek organizations.

Eventually talk will be of rushing out of a common location to make it fair, or get ALL of the sororities houses! I know I have been waiting a house for a long time, and I already graduated!!

[BellaBerlee]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

From what I was last told by my friends at UCF, Theta has plans to build a house in the next couple of years. They colonized at UCF in 2000, so they are one of the newer sororities on campus. I do not believe they have dorm floors. As for recruitment, I would imagine they use space in campus buildings.

Nothing is set in stone about the lot that used to be PIKE. All UCF knows is that they plan to build 2 housing facilities - whether it goes to dorms for non-greek or dorm style housing for greek - we're not sure.

A LOT is still up in the air for Greek Housing.

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by lawgal

I notice that at UCF only some of the sororities have houses. Are there plans for the other sororities to get houses? What do the other chapters, like Theta, or AEPhi do? Do they have dorm floors assigned for that sorority, like at Auburn?

It's an unfortunate problem that the housed fraternities have been helping us with. During recruitment, the unhoused chapters host their recruitment activities out of a fraternity house. During the school year, the unhoused sororities hold meetings in classrooms or the student union. It's not ideal, but it's worked for us for a long time.

There's been talk of building a second phase of Greek Park or a Greek Lodge for years now, but nothing has formally broken ground. Some fraternities that were housed on campus have been kicked off in the past few years, and there's some prime real estate sitting in limbo while the house corporations and the university argue over the land.

There aren't any dorm floors assigned to the unhoused sororities. Many students live off-campus and reserve blocks of apartments in the same complex together. As it is, the housed sororities only house 30 or so members... and most of the UCF chapters are much, much larger than that!

As a result of the housed/unhoused sorority situation, some PNMs may initially turn up their noses at the unhoused chapters. It isn't fair or accurate to do so, but it does happen... and the perceptions change very much once a previously unhoused chapter gets a house. I don't think it is fair, but short of kicking the men out of their houses on Greek Row, I don't know how else to fix the problem. I do think it would be a great idea to hold the first few rounds of recruitment in the student union to help even the playing field. However, I don't know how this could work logistically because the sorority chapters are so large and there are so many PNM's.

[ajmom3]

Aephi does meet in classrooms or the student union at UCF. I didn't see this as a disadvantage and neither did my daughter. On the plus side, it is much cheaper to belong to a chapter without a house (by at least $500).

[BellaBerlee]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

I do think it would be a great idea to hold the first few rounds of recruitment in the student union to help even the playing field. However, I don't know how this could work logistically because the sorority chapters are so large and there are so many PNM's.

I know this has been a tossed around idea. But again, PNMs know what chapters do and do not have houses. They will hold off for the first few days (while recruitment would be in the student union), but once recruitment is back into houses (the last few days like you suggest)- PNMs still would see some advantages.

This isn't the case for all PNMs (like you said ajmom), but it is seen a lot once you're on the other side.

However, if UCF wants to continue to colonize a new chapter ever 4 years, then they need to start providing houses for the chapters that have been there for 10 years (ahem) or are part of the unhoused sororities.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by ajmom3

A E PHI!!!!!!

Aw! Yay for an AEPhi story!!!

Aren't they one of the newer chapters at UCF? I seem to remember that they colonized recently. YAY.

[ajmom3]

Aephi colonized in April 2005 (chartered April 2006). I think it is the newest sorority at UCF. It has about 83 Active members (whereas most of the other, more established sororities at UCF have about 125-130 Actives).

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by ajmom3

Aephi colonized in April 2005 (chartered April 2006). I think it is the newest sorority at UCF. It has about 83 Active members (whereas most of the other, more established sororities at UCF have about 125-130 Actives).

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking! Sounds like they're doing great!

[twinkle555]

Congrats to the new AEPhi!! BUt...what happened to UCFlover?

[kkg27]

I just got back and I received a bid from kappa kappa gamma!! They took about 70 girls ..i saw someone was asking about quotas

[TrueBlueKappa]

I was told this morning that UCF's quota was 65, but haven't heard anything since then!

And congrats, KKG27!

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by twinkle555

BUt...what happened to UCFlover?

Hopefully she is working on her full recruitment story with a happy ending. She promised to post it when recruitment was over.