Delta Gamma ???

They are not the "first member class." DG was at Clemson already, They shut down in 2003.

dg was not on the campus going into this school year. making them the first member class in almost 20 years. making them founding members.

Panhel has been saying that it's going to be the same types of events as the other chapters, like formals and stuff

Didn't seem like many people joined from their Bid Day pics on Instagram.

Looks like they had a decent # for new chapter& will continue with cob.
I think it’s better that they’re selective.
I hope the do well.

What was fall quota for established houses?

But I'm not sure. It looks like they only got 70 people. Quota for NMs for the established sororities during primary recruitment was 108. Chapter total is about 330 or so. They have to do a lot of COB to be able to compete next fall. I agree they should be selective, but they also need people to recruit.

If I was joining a new group I’d rather it be less girls but higher standards instead of huge group of everyone who interviewed. Definitely is a risk but seems to be how dg opens chapters. Not to mention every new sorority is always bottom and normally has the worst grades, non involved members, some questionable reps, and the most drops. Hopefully they won’t start so far behind by being selective up front.

When other sororities came to Clemson, they were still selective but took on many more people. They didn't take everyone that applied but still took more than 100. And this was when NM classes and total were much smaller. They had enough people to COB new members and enough people by recruitment the next fall to be competitive. Considering a record number of women went through recruitment this year, it would seem a lot of people would want to join the new sorority, too. For DG to get so few women from the start, it seems suspiciously like there just weren't enough interested to be that "selective."

What other sorority came here & had 100 new members off the bat?
They are still doing cob and will have spring recruitment too.
And, as already stated @i hope you’re right, no one on gr will give any new house a chance. Already saying they will be bottom, grade risks, reps, uninvolvement etc. you don’t know any of this to be true for these new members.
Sounds like some of ya’ll are already nervous with such bs speculation.
Calm down, enjoy your house & let them be.

You're jumping to conclusions about all of us hating DG, but we are concerned that they don't seem to be making the best start or aren't making sense with their recruiting right now. If you look back, Pi Phi started off with over 150 people in 2016 when total was in the low 200s. They didn't have to COB many to get up to size of the other chapters. On the other hand, Theta (an established sorority at the time) only had about 120 people when they were forced to close. Total was about 230-250 then. The point is while expected to be smaller, DG is MUCH smaller than everyone else currently. Of course DG has the advantage of not have a negative rep and the momentum of being a new group FOR NOW. I'm just expressing concern that they are going to have a tough job going forward in being competitive. It's not fun having to COB large numbers of people (and not just the normal handful) all the time. Being realistic about this is not being hateful or negative, just honest.

i don't really think you can compare pre and post pandemic establishment numbers when theyre extremely different operations

Last year's new member classes were the largest on record prior to this year, and it was a pandemic year. So your point is ...

Really happy for you! Welcome to Greek life at Clemson!

I’m the person who said the thing about most new houses reps but I didn’t write the “Also” comment. We definitely had a miscommunication about my statement. I DID NOT say that the people who joined DG were non involved, likely to drop, bad grades and reps, etc. I said that’s usually the reps that the newest houses get, and I meant they get it whether it’s true or not just because they’re new, but I see that I didn’t make that clear in the original comment. And sometimes when new groups take everyone they do inevitably end up with girls that fit those descriptions. I was truly complimenting and hopeful that with DG being selective and smaller that they wouldn’t start with this negative rep, that’s undeserved, right off the bat.

for people wondering our chapter is floating right around 100 people right now!! honestly my sisters are amazing :)))

Your new member page on FB only has 78 members, at two of whom are your graduate consultants.

Yes and FB is the absolute facts.

Get a life weirdo.

Looks like a really great member class