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Yes, at Kent I would say the real competition was between the sororities. The top 3 were not willing to lower their membership standards, but getting a pledge class full of top-quality girls could be difficult depending on rush numbers. The rushees who knew they weren't top-drawer material really were the ones who had it made, because they pretty much had their pick from the other 3 chapters. Thus, it was a very intense pressure experience for us and the other two top chapters. Say there are roughly 200 girls rushing, quota is initally set at about 25....but of those 200 girls not all of them will stick with it once they get cut from their top choice house.....of the remainder, only about 45-50 are truly A-1 caliber....so you have three houses fighting hard to get a full pledge class out of that group. By the same token, that small group of top girls also had the toughest time, because they usually had a "first choice" in mind by 2nd or 3rd party....they had to be very careful when they narrowed from 3 to 2 for preference because they never really knew where they were going to end up. Plus, on the heavier years when there were lots of girls going through, since there were only 3 top-level chapters sometimes there were more top-level rushees than the quota for the Big 3 would accomodate. Someone would end up getting left out, which was great for the other chapters if she didn't get mad and drop out altogether.
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