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Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
I always assumed competitive meant lots of girls going bidless, but I never actually thought to ask when someone said their campus was "competitive." It seems to me that every campus has "desirable" chapters with return rates near 100% and others that never meet quota, even if it's not the sort of place that requires recs and connections. 
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That's generally how I define it...at my school you can ALWAYS get a bid somewhere if you want, but there's such an unfortunate (and unwarranted) disparity between the top three or four chapters and lesser-desired four chapters. We lose between 35-45% of PNMs every year because SO many PNMs just will not consider the "bottom" 4 houses. Our rush has been described as "cutthroat," but that's because so many girls drop out rather than accept a bid from a weaker chapter. We don't require recs or any connections so it's the PNMs' attitudes that makes our recruitment competitive.