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Cutch,
I understand what you mean. It just seems that for us, it hasn't been as effective as it would be for smaller chapters.
Reasons why we haven't particularly needed it:
We've been number one in grades 5 of the past 8 semesters, and our gpa has been over 3.4 for 10 of the last 12 semesters or so. We won the Va Tech award for highest GPA in Beta for 6 years in row, and only lost this year by .01. We also got a 3.545 this past spring. Our record on scholarship speaks for itself. We don't need RTS to show we care about scholarship.
We've also won 4 Knox Awards in row and 5 of 6 years.
Finally, we won the NIC Award of Distinction this year one of only 5 chapters of any organization in the country to get this award.
Now...obviously we're a chapter that's not the typical chapter, and that's why I said that the RTS is still a great tool. What I was trying to underscore is that as a chapter uses the RTS to increase the overall quality of pledge class, the chapter is going to get better, and naturally attract a large number of high quality guys. When a chapter achieves that and is at the top of a campus competing for the best guys, the nature of rush changes. You're going to attract the best b/c you are the best, therefore RTS has become less effective.
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