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Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
Do chapters who "show who they really are" recruit competitively? I find it very hard to believe that a chapter could do formal recruitment successfully without the fakeness.
And yes, I realize maybe success in formal recruitment is not a determinant of success in any other area of chapter operations. But quota, as per our national organizations, is a goal we want to achieve. I would be surprised if chapters were achieving quota without a healthy, balanced measure of "fake".
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There's fake as in rush/job interview fake, and then there's fake as in acting ways that you would NEVER act if you weren't told to - like wearing makeup when you never wear it otherwise, or feigning interest in things you could care less about.
I'm not condemning fixing yourself up and turning on the charm for rush - on either side - like I said, it's like a job interview. But it seems from the vehemence of the OP's posts that during rush this group looked and behaved in a way that had ZERO to do with who they really are.
It just seems to me - again, solely from the OP's posts - that this chapter likes things the way they are. So what? Not everyone has to be or wants to be the biggest, most popular chapter on campus. If the national is fine with it and won't pull their charter, there's really nothing that can be done about it. I'm sorry that she's stuck in a chapter that isn't what was "advertised," but if she's the lone dissenter she's not going to get anywhere.