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AnchorAlumna 04-01-2016 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NWguy (Post 2406629)
Is this just for sororities, or can we post new member classes for fraternities as well?

Title of the list is "NPC Recruitment and Chapter Listing: Fall 2015-Spring 2016."
NPC = National Panhellenic Conference.
You could start one for fraternities.

acg233 04-01-2016 01:56 PM

Yay! Now that we can go back in and edit, I'm gonna do some searching and try and get those numbers in!

Spring Hill College:
Delta Gamma 25

University of La Verne:
Phi Sigma Sigma 20?

Woodbury University:
Phi Sigma Sigma 2 (spring)

Western Connecticut State:
Alpha Delta Pi 6 (spring)
Sigma Delta Tau 9 (spring)

Griffins&Quills 04-01-2016 08:54 PM

Looks like Georgia Regents University changed their name (again) to Augusta University

acg233 04-01-2016 09:50 PM

University of Delaware:
Chi Omega 73
Alpha Xi Delta 75

Wesley College:
Delta Phi Epsilon 5 (fall) / 6 (spring)

American University:
Phi Mu 41
Delta Gamma 49
Alpha Xi Delta 39?

University of North Georgia:
Phi Mu 36

irishpipes 04-02-2016 11:10 AM

Charleston Southern
ADPi (Spring) 7

Withrop
DZ 21
ZTA 25
ADPi 20
SSS 20

acg233 04-02-2016 07:59 PM

University of North Georgia:
Delta Phi Epsilon 40?
Sigma Kappa 43

Knox College:
Kappa Kappa Gamma 8 (spring)
Pi Beta Phi 12 (spring)
Alpha Sigma Alpha 4 (spring)

Lake Forest College:
Alpha Phi 11 (spring)
Delta Gamma 9 (spring)
Kappa Alpha Theta 10 (spring)
Delta Delta Delta 11 (spring)

Loyola University:
Phi Sigma Sigma 70
Alpha Chi Omega 68
Chi Omega 65

Millikin University:
Delta Delta Delta 19
Pi Beta Phi 19
Alpha Chi Omega 20

Hanover College:
Kappa Alpha Theta 14+1
Chi Omega 15

Indiana University:
Gamma Phi Beta 51
Sigma Delta Tau 50

Louisiana State at Shreveport:
Phi Mu 4 (spring)

Tulane University:
Chi Omega 84

acg233 04-03-2016 12:55 AM

Frostburg State:
Alpha Sigma Tau 8
Delta Zeta 11+1
Alpha Sigma Alpha 6

McDaniel College:
Phi Sigma Sigma 3 (fall) / 11 (spring)
Phi Mu 10 + 3 (spring)
Alpha Sigma Tau 11 (spring)

Salisbury University:
Zeta Tau Alpha 32
Alpha Sigma Tau 31?

Towson University:
Phi Sigma Sigma 46
Zeta Tau Alpha 46
Kappa Delta 46
Delta Delta Delta 41

University of Maryland at Baltimore County:
Phi Sigma Sigma 16
Delta Phi Epsilon 13
Phi Mu 15
Alpha Sigma Alpha 15

Washington College:
Zeta Tau Alpha 15

Boston University:
Kappa Alpha Theta 43
Delta Gamma 48
Sigma Delta Tau 49
Alpha Epsilon Phi 47

Bridgewater State:
Gamma Phi Beta 22

Emerson University:
Alpha Epsilon Phi 12 (spring)

acg233 04-03-2016 12:56 PM

Merrimack College:
Zeta Tau Alpha 31

Tufts University:
Chi Omega 57
Alpha Phi 58
Kappa Alpha Theta 55

University of Massachusetts - Lowell:
Alpha Sigma Tau 13 (fall) / 5 (spring)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute:
Phi Sigma Sigma 33
Chi Omega 35

Albion College:
Kappa Delta 3 (fall) / 14 (spring)

Alma College:
Gamma Phi Beta 12
Alpha Gamma Delta 13
Alpha Xi Delta 14
Phi Sigma Sigma 12

Washington University:
Pi Beta Phi 48

William Jewell College:
Delta Zeta 16

Creighton University:
Pi Beta Phi 47
Alpha Phi 48

College of New Jersey:
Delta Zeta 41
Zeta Tau Alpha 44
Kappa Delta 46

Montclair State:
Phi Sigma Sigma 46
Sigma Sigma Sigma 47

New Jersey Institute of Technology:
Alpha Sigma Tau 16
Delta Phi Epsilon 18

Rowan University:
Alpha Sigma Alpha 40 (spring)

Rutgers University- Camden:
Delta Phi Epsilon 14 (spring)

Stockton University:
Sigma Sigma Sigma 24
Delta Phi Epsilon 29
Zeta Tau Alpha 26

3DGator 04-03-2016 01:04 PM

These are Tri Delta membership numbers that are not listed in Irishpipes Tables. They are compiled from Twitter and Facebook; so, the numbers may be slightly off.
Spring Hill- 22
Chapman- 54
UC Merced- 35
Pacific= 15
U of Miami- 56
Milikin- 19
Lake Forest- 11 Spring
Towson- 41
Creighton- 41
Duke- 33
North Carolina- 56
Penn- 48
Villanova- 47
Vanderbuilt- 39
Texas- 75
James Madison- 73
Virginia Tech- 68

acg233 04-03-2016 08:49 PM

Elon University:
Sigma Sigma Sigma 60
Alpha Omicron Pi 56
Sigma Kappa 57

Western Carolina University:
Alpha Xi Delta 28
Phi Mu 29

Ohio Wesleyan:
Kappa Kappa Gamma 15
Kappa Alpha Theta 15
Delta Gamma 14
Delta Delta Delta 15

University of Dayton:
Alpha Phi 66
Pi Beta Phi 64
Chi Omega 62
Kappa Delta 64

Wittenberg University:
Gamma Phi Beta 21
Alpha Delta Pi 21
Delta Gamma 21

Linfield College:
Alpha Phi 25

Willamette University:
Delta Gamma 15

Albright College:
Phi Mu 16 + 7
Alpha Delta Pi 21
Sigma Kappa 18

Allegheny College:
Kappa Alpha Theta 13
Kappa Kappa Gamma 14
Alpha Chi Omega 12 + 3

California University of Pennsylvania:
Delta Zeta 8
Sigma Kappa 9
Alpha Sigma Tau 12
Alpha Sigma Alpha 8

Clarion University:
Delta Zeta 7
Zeta Tau Alpha 9

Duquesne University:
Sigma Kappa 23

Gannon University:
Alpha Gamma Delta 13
Sigma Sigma Sigma 11
Alpha Sigma Alpha 14
Alpha Sigma Tau 16
Phi Sigma Sigma 11

Lebanon Valley College:
Alpha Sigma Tau 11
Phi Sigma Sigma 9

Lock Haven University:
Alpha Sigma Tau 2 (spring)
Sigma Sigma Sigma 4
Sigma Kappa 4

Millersville University:
Alpha Sigma Tau 15
Alpha Xi Delta 17
Alpha Sigma Alpha 12
Delta Zeta 11

Moravian College:
Alpha Sigma Tau 14
Zeta Tau Alpha 11
Alpha Sigma Alpha 11
Sigma Sigma Sigma 10

Pennsylvania State University- Erie (Behrend):
Alpha Sigma Alpha 3
Theta Phi Alpha 3

Shippensburg University:
Alpha Sigma Tau 10
Delta Zeta 5
Alpha Phi 13

Susquehanna University:
Kappa Delta 23
Zeta Tau Alpha 16

Washington and Jefferson College:
Delta Gamma 22?
Pi Beta Phi 22

Westminster College:
Alpha Gamma Delta 11
Sigma Kappa 13
Phi Mu 12

York College:
Delta Phi Epsilon 16
Alpha Sigma Tau 16
Sigma Delta Tau 17
Phi Mu 18

Brown University:
Kappa Alpha Theta 62
Kappa Delta 63

Furman University:
Kappa Delta 32
Chi Omega 33

Winthrop University:
Delta Zeta 21
Zeta Tau Alpha 25
Alpha Delta Pi 20?

St Mary's University:
Sigma Sigma Sigma 10
Delta Zeta 10 + 1

Southwestern University:
Zeta Tau Alpha 19?
Alpha Delta Pi 16
Delta Delta Delta 16
Alpha Xi Delta 17

Christopher Newport University:
Phi Mu 37

Longwood University:
Kappa Delta 14
Sigma Sigma Sigma 18
Zeta Tau Alpha 15
Alpha Sigma Alpha 14
Alpha Sigma Tau 8
Delta Zeta 14
Sigma Kappa 17
Alpha Delta Pi 18

University of Richmond:
Delta Gamma 36
Kappa Kappa Gamma 34
Pi Beta Phi 27

Virginia Tech:
Delta Gamma 72
Alpha Chi Omega 74
Kappa Delta 71

Bethany College:
Alpha Xi Delta 10

West Virginia Wesleyan College:
Alpha Xi Delta 11
Alpha Delta Pi 11

Ripon College:
Alpha Chi Omega 6
Alpha Delta Pi 7
Kappa Delta 6 + 4

acg233 04-04-2016 10:27 PM

Alpha Sigma Tau Results:
Pennsylvania State University- Altoona 8 (spring)
Western Illinois University 11 (spring)
Salisbury University 31 (confirmed)
James Madison University 12 (spring)
Grand Valley State 6 (spring)
Duquesne University 25 (confirmed)

University of New Haven:
Alpha Sigma Alpha 23 (spring)
Phi Sigma Sigma 18 (spring)
Delta Phi Epsilon 17 (spring)

Tufts University:
Alpha Omicron Pi 30?

Hillsdale College:
Pi Beta Phi 20
Chi Omega 18
Kappa Kappa Gamma 18

GoldBows 04-06-2016 12:03 AM

Delta Phi Epsilon just chartered the Zeta Epsilon chapter at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario this evening!!!

Tridentia 04-06-2016 07:08 PM

CSU Dominguez Hills:
Phi Sigma Sigma closed their chapter in fall 2015

ChioLu 04-06-2016 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tridentia (Post 2408544)
CSU Dominguez Hills:
Phi Sigma Sigma closed their chapter in fall 2015

Oh, hate hearing this. CSU-DH now has no sororities.

robinseggblue 04-07-2016 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChioLu (Post 2408551)
Oh, hate hearing this. CSU-DH now has no sororities.

Their website says they have NPHC and MGC sororities...even if they don't have PHC sororities anymore.

shadokat 04-07-2016 01:51 PM

Arkansas Tech
Delta Zeta - 30
Alpha Sigma Tau - 30

Cal-Poly, Pomona
Chi Omega - 58
Kappa Delta - 52
Sigma Kappa - 53
Zeta Tau Alpha - 54

Colorado State
Chi Omega - 68
Delta Delta Delta - 41
Gamma Phi Beta - 71
Kappa Alpha Theta - 67
Kappa Delta - 64
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 70
Pi Beta Phi - 66
Zeta Tau Alpha - 62

American University
Alpha Chi Omega - 41
Alpha Xi Delta - 40
Chi Omega - 49
Delta Gamma - 57
Phi Mu - 42
Phi Sigma Sigma - 45
Sigma Delta Tau - 32

Emory
Alpha Delta Pi - 47
Delta Delta Delta - 40
Delta Phi Epsilon - 55
Gamma Phi Beta - 46
Kappa Alpha Theta - 40
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 46
Sigma Delta Tau - 39

DePaul
Alpha Omicron Pi - 44
Alpha Phi - 42
Alpha Sigma Alpha - 28
Alpha Xi Delta - 42
Chi Omega - 41
Delta Gamma - 42
Delta Zeta - 43
Phi Mu - 41

DePauw
Alpha Chi Omega - 32
Alpha Phi - 34
Delta Gamma - 23
Kappa Alpha Theta - 34
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 34
Pi Beta Phi - 34

Boston University
Alpha Delta Pi - 48
Alpha Phi - 47
Delta Delta Delta - 17
Kappa Alpha Theta - 44
Kappa Delta - 49
Sigma Kappa - 48

Harvard
Alpha Phi - 47
Delta Gamma - 47
Kappa Alpha Theta - 51
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 48

Albion
Alpha Chi Omega - 18
Alpha Xi Delta - 18
Delta Gamma - 16
Kappa Alpha Theta - 17
Kappa Delta - 15

shadokat 04-07-2016 01:59 PM

Hofstra
Alpha Epsilon Phi - 11
Alpha Phi - 18
Alpha Theta Beta - 9
Delta Gamma - 17
Delta Phi Epsilon - 16
Phi Sigma Sigma - 17
Sigma Delta Tau - 17

St. John's
Alpha Sigma Alpha - 28
Delta Phi Epsilon - 30
Gamma Phi Beta - 32
Phi Sigma Sigma - 30
Theta Phi Alpha - 28

University of Rochester
Alpha Phi - 18
Chi Omega - 20
Delta Gamma - 17
Gamma Phi Beta - 17
Kappa Alpha Theta - 24
Kappa Delta - 17
Phi Sigma Sigma - 21
Sigma Delta Tau - 20

LaSalle
Alpha Sigma Tau - 16
Delta Phi Epsilon - 18
Gamma Phi Beta - 16
Phi Mu - 20

Appalachian State
Alpha Delta Pi - 41
Alpha Gamma Delta - 41
Alpha Omicron Pi - 42
Alpha Phi - 38
Chi Omega - 39
Delta Zeta - 41
Kappa Delta - 39
Phi Mu - 44
Sigma Kappa - 39
Zeta Tau Alpha - 40

Duke
Alpha Delta Pi - 33
Alpha Phi - 33
Chi Omega - 40
Delta Delta Delta - 33
Delta Gamma - 34
Gamma Phi Beta - 37
Kappa Alpha Theta - 34
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 33
Pi Beta Phi - 33
Zeta Tau Alpha - 34

High Point
Alpha Chi Omega - 73
Alpha Gamma Delta - 71
Kappa Delta - 72
Phi Mu - 73
Sigma Sigma Sigma - 71
Zeta Tau Alpha - 71

Wake Forest
Alpha Delta Pi - 52
Chi Omega - 50
Delta Delta Delta - 48
Dela Zeta - 52
Kappa Alpha Theta - 61
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 42
Kappa Delta - 51

Denison
Delta Delta Delta - 33
Delta Gamma - 31
Kappa Alpha Theta - 31
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 30
Pi Beta Phi - 27

Ohio State
Alpha Chi Omega - 62
Alpha Epsilon Phi - 61
Alpha Gamma Delta - 61
Alpha Omicron Pi - 28
Alpha Phi - 63
Alpha Xi Delta - 61
Chi Omega - 62
Delta Delta Delta - 62
Delta Gamma - 64
Delta Zeta - 59
Gamma Phi Beta - 63
Kappa Alpha Theta - 63
Kappa Delta - 63
Pi Beta Phi - 68

shadokat 04-07-2016 02:07 PM

St. Joseph's
Alpha Gamma Delta - 41
Alpha Omicron Pi - 35
Alpha Phi - 42
Sigma Sigma Sigma - 42
Phi Sigma Sigma - 42

University of Pennsylvania
Alpha Delta Pi - 33
Alpha Phi - 51
Chi Omega - 46
Delta Delta Delta - 50
Kappa Alpha Theta - 46
Sigma Delta Tau - 51
Sigma Kappa - 50
Zeta Tau Alpha - 46

Villanova
Alpha Chi Omega - 47
Alpha Gamma Delta - 47
Alpha Phi - 48
Chi Omega - 50
Delta Delta Delta - 50
Delta Gamma - 50
Kappa Delta - 47
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 47
Pi Beta Phi - 12

Washington & Jefferson
Delta Gamma - 22
Kappa Alpha Theta - 20
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 21
Pi Beta Phi - 22

Westminster (PA)
Alpha Gamma Delta - 12
Kappa Delta - 11
Phi Mu - 12
Sigma Kappa - 11
Zeta Tau Alpha - 13

Widener
Phi Sigma Sigma - 26
Delta Phi Epsilon - 25
Sigma Sigma Sigma - 26

Baylor
Kappa Alpha Theta - 100
Zeta Tau Alpha - 103
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 96
Pi Beta Phi - 100
Chi Omega - 97
Alpha Delta Pi - 62
Alpha Chi Omega - 103

SMU
Pi Beta Phi - 58
Chi Omega - 53
Delta Delta Delta - 55
Gamma Phi Beta - 40
Kappa Alpha Theta - 57
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 55
Alpha Chi Omega - 53

University of Virginia
Alpha Chi Omega - 44
Alpha Delta Pi - 40
Alpha Phi - 44
Chi Omega - 44
Delta Delta Delta - 45
Delta Gamma - 47
Gamma Phi Beta - 27
Kappa Alpha Theta - 45
Kappa Delta - 44
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 44
Pi Beta Phi - 44
Sigma Delta Tau - 24
Sigma Kappa - 43
Zeta Tau Alpha - 40

Virginia Tech
Zeta Tau Alpha - 72
Sigma Kappa - 72
Pi Beta Phi - 71
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 46
Chi Omega - 66
Alpha Phi - 69
Alpha Delta Pi - 72
Gamma Phi Beta - 72

shadokat 04-07-2016 02:10 PM

Loyola Marymount
Alpha Phi - 48
Delta Gamma - 47
Delta Delta Delta - 22
Alpha Chi Omega - 45

Yale
Alpha Phi - 41
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 38
Kappa Alpha Theta - 43

Delaware
Alpha Sigma Alpha - 73
Phi Sigma Sigma - 76
Sigma Kappa - 73
Alpha Epsilon Phi - 75
Delta Gamma - 33
Gamma Phi Beta - 74

Univ of North Georgia
Alpha Gamma Delta - 40
Kappa Delta - 36
Delta Zeta - 41
Sigma Kappa - 45
Delta Phi Epsilon - 45

Towson
Alpha Epsilon Phi - 27
Alpha Gamma Delta - 43
Alpha Omicron Pi - 40
Alpha Phi - 51
Alpha Xi Delta - 41
Delta Delta Delta - 44
Phi Mu - 42

KDKells 04-07-2016 03:12 PM

Been looking through our magazine archives and I have some updates on closing and opening dates, and even a whole chapter not listed! I will likely have more by next week to report on.

Gamma Zeta- Texas Christian University: relinquished charter to nationals, effective December 1993 to correct it from the currently listed 1992

Omega Xi- University of Cincinnati: was actually dormant from November 1988 to January 1991; installation was Jan 18-20, 1991

Zeta Eta- Loyola Marymount University: currently not listed; was installed April 27, 1991; closed fall 1997 due to low numbers

Beta Gamma- Monmouth College: relinquished charter, effective after Spring Semester 1996 due to low numbers

ComradesTrue 04-07-2016 04:01 PM

Observation, without trying to call out any specific chapter on any specific campus:

For years it seemed that RFM was doing its job of creating somewhat equality with quota numbers. This year, more than any year I can remember in the RFM era, seems to have some chapters missing quota by a lot. As in, they are taking about 25% of quota.

This occurred last fall on a few campuses and scrolling through recent postings it continues to happen.

What accounts for this? The only thing I can think of is the "other" website where people rank and post vile comments about perceived bottom chapters. Are they getting regular pref parties but more people are not listing them on their bid cards because of tent talk that has now moved online?

Does anyone have other ideas? It wouldn't make sense that RFM is this broken this many years in. These numbers remind me of my days pre-RFM. We had a chapter on campus that would only get about 1/4-1/2 the size of the other chapters and it closed while I was there.

Griffins&Quills 04-07-2016 04:17 PM

I was just about to say the same thing, that it looks like at almost every school there's one group that's quite a bit below the others. I thought RFM was designed to fix this?

DubaiSis 04-07-2016 04:18 PM

I think there are 2 possible reasons for that. 1 is there are so many brand new chapters and they are growing slowly. At least in the case of a few chapters I can think of they are not doing the numbers the more established chapters on campus are doing, but they are growing slowly and with intention. We all know the success rate of taking any warm body for the long term success of a chapter.
And 2-I think they've tightened up RFM so much that a strong chapter just has to be off a little bit and their numbers can be ruined, although I wouldn't expect it to be 25% of the others, but maybe more like 25% less. In those cases it doesn't reflect in the immediate numbers but they're probably right back on par within a few weeks.
Oh, and a 3-you may be seeing numbers that you traditionally don't see. A lot of sororities don't want to share bad numbers because of PR. But they can get out anyway! I'd rather see them so we can see positive change over time. But I'm a geek that way and not an 18 year old girl freaked out about joining "that house."

irishpipes 04-07-2016 04:20 PM

I know one chapter in the situation you describe - it was already a weak recruiting chapter, but it did fairly well in COB and had plenty of members to meet a budget, but was not popular with PNMs. Then, a couple of colonizations effectively killed the chapter. It's still open, but I don't see how it could possibly stay that way.

shadokat 04-07-2016 05:17 PM

We've all seen it a zillion times on here, and from my work with collegiate women today, most would prefer to not be greek at all before they would consider joining a "Lower Tier" chapter. It's not all, but many. Lots of schools have high ISP numbers, meaning the women are maximizing their options til the end, but come the end, they know that they won't accept a bid from anything other sorority than their top choice.

I had to deal with a mother this semester whose daughter was a legacy of a chapter. Her daughter absolutely did NOT want her mom's sorority, but had her heart set on another sorority. When it came to ranking parties, she was only ranking the ones she was going to, and then her regret chapters she just had ranked as 2, 3, 4 based on where they were on the screen. So for instance if she had 3 chapters to go back to and had to regret 2 others, she'd rank the 3 chapters as ones, and then 2 and 3 were just ranked by however they showed up on her screen. Needless to say, her legacy chapter was an ALPHA, and the stuff was appearing in alphabetical order. So while she said she wasn't ranking them highly, they usually ended up as her first regret chapter, and when she lost one of her top choices, the legacy chapter was the first to come into play. At the end of it all, she got a bid to the legacy chapter, and said no way. She said she'd rather wait a year and try to go through again than take a bid from them. We told her that her chances for going Greek decrease as she will be a junior, and she said she didn't care, she didn't want the bid.

Anyway, long story short, lots of factors play in, but I do think RFM is working. With all of the expansion that we've seen, I know there have been several schools who had a weak recruiting chapter or a smaller chapter but voted for expansion anyway, and it will more than likely be at the expense of that smaller chapter.

Griffins&Quills 04-07-2016 05:45 PM

That's another thing...why do panhellenics vote for expansion when there is a clear struggling chapter?

DubaiSis 04-07-2016 06:04 PM

It doesn't necessarily hurt the struggling chapter. Let's say there are 10 chapters with quota of 50 and one that gets 25. So presuming all factors stay the same, 11 chapters would make quota be 45 for the ones making quota and the one making 25 may or may not do any better or worse. That is a factor that can't be accounted for since the reason the girls aren't accepting their bids to there can be vast and nutty. Now, that is presuming the 11th chapter is drawing from the entire pool and not from the struggling chapter. And that's what the people in favor of expansion are thinking. At some schools, there seems to just have to be a bottom chapter and the new one won't necessarily affect that order at all. Or maybe it will and the struggling chapter will be seen as a better option than the new chapter.

If you have a school that is just bursting out of its seams, but has one chapter that just continues to struggle, do you really make the rest of the chapters deal with a huge number of members instead of expanding and alleviating some of that pressure? If the struggle has been that way for years, holding your breath waiting for them to fix it helps nobody.

irishpipes 04-07-2016 06:06 PM

Because nothing short of a miracle will save a chapter like that. Nothing, not even magical RFM, can force young women to pledge a chapter they just don't want. RFM can help, or delay the inevitable, but some chapters just aren't viable, and the system may need expansion to help other chapters and give PNMs an option they will consider. Expansion can speed up the death of a weak chapter, but it usually was already in a death spiral.

DeltaBetaBaby 04-07-2016 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills (Post 2408607)
That's another thing...why do panhellenics vote for expansion when there is a clear struggling chapter?

And it can actually *help* a struggling chapter if it slows down the growth of the other chapters by reducing quota.

E.g. four chapters, 100 PNM's, quota = 25, WRC gets 10 and has to COB 15 to catch up.

five chapters, 100 PNM's, quota = 20, WRC gets 10 and only has to COB 10 to catch up.

That's a vastly simplified example, obviously, but for chapters that don't do well in formal recruitment, it can be beneficial for quota to be smaller, as usually happens when another chapter is brought on.

Also, if the WRC doesn't have enough members to match 1-to-1 with PNM's, adding another chapter will shrink each PNM group and help with that as well.

Griffins&Quills 04-07-2016 08:27 PM

Ah that all makes sense. I guess I was thinking of the girls who would normally go to that WRC but because there's a colony, instead of putting that chapter down, and giving it a shot, they drop out with the mentality "well, I'll just get a bid from the colony"

clemsongirl 04-07-2016 10:42 PM

I think we forget sometimes that while RFM is great for increasing a PNM's realistic options by forcing her to return to groups she has more of a chance at, at the end of the day it can't force a girl to join a WRC if she would rather implode than accept that bid. I see it happen a lot on my campus where many girls, especially sophomores, will draw a line in the sand and say "I will not accept a bid/pref invite from any chapter 'below' XYZ" and then withdraw from recruitment if those chapters she deems unworthy are her only choices. During recruitment I remember looking around the holding room the PNMs were in and seeing a line to go into one chapter's pref party that was easily twice as long as the others, and that chapter still didn't make quota that year.

RFM may not be able to save those spiraling chapters, but I do think it does a good job at helping prevent those chapters from entering that spiral based solely on formal recruitment, because the number of girls each chapter invites back can be adjusted year-by-year.

Also, at the Pi Phi presentation at Clemson on Monday they mentioned that of the 240 girls in their Delaware colony, only 15 had gone through formal recruitment and then withdrawn. Some of that might have had to do with them having deferred recruitment and girls who are sophomores or juniors not bothering with formal, but I was still surprised at how few had done so.

33girl 04-08-2016 08:04 AM

Also, if some of these expansions are for interest groups (official or non-official) it does Panhel no good to block an expansion in hopes that "if the women want to be Greek, they can just go to the struggling chapter. " My chapter voted in favor of expansions twice, despite the fact we were under total and our national was against it, because we knew that all a negative vote would do was make us look like big pouty pantses. It certainly wouldn't compel 2 very strongly bonded groups of women to join us.

That all being said, I think the stacking is winding down as we get to the last od the baby boom's kids.

BlueCarnation 04-08-2016 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills (Post 2408607)
That's another thing...why do panhellenics vote for expansion when there is a clear struggling chapter?

I think it depends on the campus and the circumstances. We voted for expansion even though we have a chapter that regularly struggles to make quota. This chapter appeals to a niche group of young women who know they are going to go through recruitment well before they get here, and the new organization that came in has not taken away from the struggling chapter at all--it seems to appeal to a group of women who may not have normally gone through recruitment at all. It has allowed more young women to get involved in Greek Life and has been a very positive addition to campus. The struggling chapter is struggling for very specific reasons (e.g., no physical house, risk management issues, wanting only a certain type of member, etc). I was a member of the committee that voted for expansion and we took this into consideration and I think we made the right call.

3DGator 04-08-2016 12:07 PM

Stanford begins formal recruitment tonight. I think that it will end formal recruitment for 2015-16.

irishpipes 04-08-2016 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3DGator (Post 2408686)
Stanford begins formal recruitment tonight. I think that it will end formal recruitment for 2015-16.

Yep. They're always the last to go! Now we just need to wrap up all of the pending extension decisions.

ZTAngel 04-10-2016 08:25 AM

Our chapter at Ohio State was activated this weekend.

Just interested 04-10-2016 04:47 PM

Congratulations to Zeta Tau Alpha. I saw pictures of the banquet from a KD FB friend of mine who was there. She said they had over 600 at the banquet. Well done!

3DGator 04-12-2016 01:19 AM

Stanford had a very successful recruitment. Quota was set a 52 ( the highest that it has ever been ). All sororities made quota, many with quota additions. I do not know the exact number for each sorority. The retention rate was 87%, which is the highest that it has ever been. There is expansion talk.

3DGator 04-12-2016 04:31 PM

Stanford

DDD- has 55 new Pearls

mullingal 04-12-2016 10:19 PM

Butler KKG has 44 new owls.


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