[kddani]

Originally posted by a CA in CA
I feel the need to chime in, not so much to weigh in with my own opinion, but rather to continue the discussion in another light and put some food for thought on the table.

By all means, don't hesitate to tell me if you think I'm all wet.

Why is it that shopping around, looking for the best fit, personally checking out one organization then perhaps another, things of that nature, why is it those things tend to raise suspicion among alumnae?

I'll be the first to admit that I once found that suspicious too. Now I'm not so sure.

How is that behavior on the part of an alumna so far different from what we expect of collegiates going through formal recruitment? They're expected to attend multiple parties, accept multiple inviations, and put down more than one choice on their membership agreement, all in the quest for the one best fit for them. Sometimes they get cut, and sometimes they decline, all presumably because the fit didn't really "fit" once one or the other got a closer look. All within the course of a week, sometimes less.

Is it the seemingly anonymous or semi-anonymous use of the internet and message boards that raises our suspicions, or something else?


Thoughts? Discussions?
No public floggings please!

Please see a few of the threads in the Alumni Initiation subforum of the Alumni Involvement forum in the main boards for elaboration on the answer to your question.

Undergraduate recruitment and AI are very different beasts.