Any parents or students have any experience to share with sorority recruitment? Do most girls end up with a bid? Was it relatively relaxed or have a more competitive feel?
Thanks
Most schools have adopted a sorority recruitment program that insures that almost every girl who completes Recruitment and follows the ‘rules’ will receive a bid. The ‘rules’ aren’t required, but to get a guaranteed bid you must choose the maximum number of invitations to the next round of parties. When girls don’t receive a bid it’s because they have focused on specific houses and not accepted invitations from houses they might not have liked on the first, short, 30 minute visit.
I can’t say it is relaxed, but hope it is fun for you.
Vandy’s process (currently underway) is a highly organized speed dating/matching process.
If you go through the process, you are assured of getting a bid. Although the bid may not necessarily be from the house you want.
agree to the above comments. had a daughter go through it last year. if you maximize the number of houses you were asked back to (don’t drop ones that liked you, but you didn’t want) you are guaranteed a bid. The issue becomes many girls fixate on the “top” houses. I personally feel that one could find girls they click with at any house. It is a quick process and superficial on many levels - but this would be the same at any university.
I went through this over 10 years ago and it was not a relaxed process because of D’s strong opinions about where she could be happy. Other girls from our hometown had stressful stories from previous years and D’s story became stressful as well until she realized she could be happy in what was considered a “lesser” house. She became friends with a group of girls who are close to this day and 6 of her 7 bridesmaids were sorority sisters. I’m glad to hear that the guaranteed bid process is still in place. D lives in Nashville and was an alum advisor to her house until a few years ago when she married and her interests shifted.