Honestly, ASUADPi, I've watched this happen before to a very good chapter. They made quota at formal recruitment for literally like 14 years in a row! Then, at year 15, they missed quota by 2, and they were upset, but figured hey, we're only 2 short, it's not that big a deal, and plus, we got the girls we really wanted. In year 16, they missed quota by 2 again, and they also graduated a rather large new member class from 2 years previous. Double whammy...and again, they said it sucked to miss quota but they did get the girls they really wanted. They never COB'd to make up to quota, and slowly, they dropped under total. It continued on for about 3 or 4 more years, and eventually, many of the girls they really wanted went to other chapters, and their NM classes got smaller. They lost their desire to promote themselves as they once did, and things went downhill. Thankfully, they got a new chapter advisor (they didn't have one for awhile apparently), and she really showed them that you gotta work hard and stay strong to keep those high numbers and reputations that you had. They turned their ship around and are one of the best chapters on campus again, but they learned a valuable lesson. Every chapter can fall from grace, and honestly, nobody on their campus felt bad about it. They realized THEY were the ones who had to change.
Off on another tangent, I read a post that someone wrote about if PNMs realized that if they got a large enough group, they could turn a "worst" house around. And that happened at a state school in Pennsylvania. An entire floor of sophmores who were not greek all joined the same sorority and said, they stink right now, but they won't when we're done. They took it over basically, and while it sucked probably for the older members, that sorority is tops on campus now. It's all about how you see things.
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Originally Posted by ASUADPi
Sometimes it makes me wonder how a chapter can be above total and not even a decade later they are considered "struggling" by nationals. I wonder what happened during those intervening years.
I also feel that other sororities are guilty of ruining a chapters reputation. All it takes is being childish and pissed at another sorority and "boom" the rumor starts spreading like wildfire and if that particular chapter is struggling it gets around. As if the PNM's don't "tent talk" 
I mean lets face it, in reality I would guess that 75% of the rumors floating around about chapters are started by other chapters (sorority or fraternity). People talk crap, fact of life. And most people can't cop up to the fact of talking crap. |