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This is going to piss a lot of people off, but I just don't see the probelm in PNMs going bidless.
Obviously there is a reason for this. Not EVERY GIRL who goes through recruitment should/will get a bid. Recruitment is about first impressions. I may meet a girl 1 time during Recruitment week and talk her for a total of 5 minutes. If she does not make a good impression then why would I want to tell everyone in my chapter how awesome she is and that I would love to have her as my sister? Odds are, if she hasn't made a good impression at my house, she probably hasn't made a good impression elewhere.
On the issue of high release numbers, I think it's important to cut when you realize you don't want someone. When you hold everyone until the end, then you drop, all those girls have in their head that you want them. It also screws other sororities who cut early b/c PNMs who get cut by xyz and have a friend going through with them will jade that friend on xyz.
Finally, this notion that every girl should be able to join a sorority is bullsh**. I personally like being able to decide who I'm going to have to spend the next couple of years with. If everyone can just walk up and join what would be the purpose of a sorority? I'd just go join the band, or the Key Club. With these groups you get friendship, community service, and parties... they're just not exclusive.
Truly, I wish sororites did their rush like the fraternties on my campus do. Everyone goes the each house the first night. Then the fraternities send invites out, no mutual selection, they choose who THEY want. Then, at the ned of the week, they pledge who they want. No quota, no huge importance placed on total or numbers, just people they TRULY want as brothers, not just people they HAD to take b/c of quota.
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