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My heart goes out to the women who get dropped from all the houses. I know if I had gone to a school that didn't bid non-freshman I would not have gotten the opportunities I have gotten from AST.
Here is my thought (kinda far fetched). PNMs are making snap judgements based on letters (and reps, size etc). Why not make the first round or two blind. Take the letters away (much like a rush story on here), do small rush groups so a PNM coming through couldn't tell how big or small the chapter really is. So if the smallest house is at 60 each group could have two rooms with 30 or three rooms with 20, the bigger chapters would have a back-of-house space for the other sisters to wait until they are roated in. Make the conversations really about personality and that interpersonal connection. Put in monitors who roam the room if needed to prevent dirty rushing, but let the PNMs have a chance to see the groups with out the preconcieved notions. You'd have to compare hometowns and not have women interact who knew eachother, but I'm sure things like that could mostly be avoided. You would have to put letters on it at some point, but maybe a blind round would help people keep their minds open more. I mean if you fell in love with the women of xyz, and you found out they were small, would you really give it up just for better letters knowing you fit with another chapter? I know that this is far out there...
I like the idea of 26 smaller chapters rather than 11 huge chapters. I think it is ok if a chapter is smaller, or only does cob and recruits women who the others would never bid. I think that makes a Greek system more healthy and helps break down some barriers. I dunno...just thoughts.
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