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Originally posted by sratty77
Thanks for the ideas...yeah, nationals won't let us do bar nights anymore, which sucks, because I know that definitely gets a sorority's name out there. As far as contacting fraternities, well, some get back and some don't. A lot are "busy." Somehow we've gained a reputation of being really conservative, even though a lot of us (including myself) go out all the time!
We just got our new pledge class, and I have to admit, although I love them and it's a HUGE class, which is good for numbers, several of the girls just don't fit in with the house. Even though our chapter advisor has talked incessantly with us about ratings and thinking about what's best for the house, sisters still consider what they personally are looking for in a PNM. As a result, we ended up with a mismatched pledge class with a lot of girls that I think have some loyalty issues with the sorority.
I really don't know what to do. I don't want our sorority to go down, I want to bring it back to the top!
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As far as the "conservative" rep, all you can do is keep going out, and make an effort to hang out with fraternities other than the safe comfy ones that everyone knows.
Your second paragraph reminds me of what happened with my chapter - we took a large (for us) class, half the girls were the old conservative type of sister, half were partyers (to be blunt). They all bonded - unfortunately it was because they all disliked their pledge mom so much. Give it time and let them do some events ON THEIR OWN and maybe the "mismatched" people will find things in common. Once they have bonded with each other, their loyalty won't be questioned as much.