GreekChat.com Forums - U of South Carolina NPC Recruitment Fall 2010

From student paper:

http://www.dailygamecock.com/news/gr...15-1.1528651#4

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*Friday, August 13, 2010
Scott Fowler / The Daily Gamecock
Over 1,100 USC women will begin a weeklong process Tuesday that will change many of their lives forever. These students will participate in USC’s National Panhellenic Council (NPC) sorority recruitment . . . a century-old tradition for which some have been preparing since birth.

. . . The process through which USC’s NPC recruits new members is steeped in complex rules, as necessitated by the vast number of young women who participate. This year, for the first time, each of these sororities boasts more than 200 members. To top it off, a record 1,150 PNMs are expected to rush this year (students may continue to register through Sunday night).

Although other universities across the country experienced decreased interest in Greek life in 2009 due to economic conditions, USC’s newest sorority was home to the largest sorority colonization in the nation.
Phi Mu arrived on campus in November with a total membership of 252 women, and will host its first formal recruitment alongside the other nine NPC sororities next week.*

Although USC’s recruitment is as competitive as those at other large SEC schools, such as the University of Alabama, Auburn, or the University of Georgia, it is unique in that every USC PNM who participates fully in the recruitment process will find a home.

“New members that are invited back to at least one chapter every round of recruitment and who attend every party that they are invited back to are guaranteed a bid,” said USC Sorority Council’s Vice President of Public Relations Kylie Corcoran. . . .