Bid Day, the climax of sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama , saw about 2,400 women welcomed into their new campus homes on Sunday. See photos in the accompanying gallery
According to information provided by the University, 2,573 women participated, with a 94% acceptance rate.
Sorority rush at universities across the country has generated national attention in recent years thanks to a genre of social media accounts known as RushTok. The University of Alabama has been a hot spot, thanks to the fervor (and considerable expense) which many young women have put into their efforts to be accepted by top-tier sororities.
To some extent, that was fueled by the 2023 HBO Max documentary “Bama Rush,” which showed that aside from spending thousands of dollars, some candidates even