I am Panhellenic Recruitment at a Univeristy in Pa, our school does not have a very large Greek Life and were struggling for recruitment. Being small one thing that didn't work for us was formal in the spring. Because there is no way around having formal we adapted it to our school and adressed the problems.
We changed our formal recruitment and no longer have bid matching. This helped alot we have doubled our new member numbers. Each PNM is still recquired to see every sorority however the problem of not getting your first or second choice is disolved (unless you are not chosen by that group). We still have Rho Gammas, your not allowed to promote your own group until after formal and there is still a silent period but we eliminated bid matching and this helped because more girls came out for formal instead only attending COB.
Also it still leaves girls a choice they may see that they fit with a different group then they original had there mind set on. If you have any questions PM me.
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