Originally Posted by kchaptergphib
Gamma at Wisconsin-Madison is always AWESOME at recruitment. It's been this way for AT LEAST the last 10-15 years, possibly longer. The ladies work hard, but they also just have a really strong reputation on campus and a very committed Membership advisor. They are usually well over total (which is around 125-126) after FR and thus rarely have to participate in COB/COR.
Epsilon at Northwestern had a very solid recruitment (for the one year I've observed it, so far). Northwestern Recruitment is deferred, and it's still got quite a few frills (which is SO FUN for me to see). The ladies work incredibly hard, and their chapter is well-respected.
Kappa at Minnesota-Twin Cities (my home chapter!) has made great strides in the past 8 or so years. I signed my bid card (through COB) at the very end of Freshman year, so my first real FR experience was helping recruit my own pledge class (this would have been Fall 2002). That year we took quota PLUS for the first time in most collegiate members' memory (so, 3 + years). I think we had a solid reputation on campus, but were still a smaller chapter at around 55 members, when total at the time was about 85. So, clearly, we were still well below total, and I'm sure it had been that way for a few years (i.e. at least 3). One thing that Kappa has always excelled at, and I believe continues to do so, is COB/COR. It's a lot of additional work to arrange COB/COR events, but myself and many other leaders in the chapter joined that way, and appreciate its sometimes more personal feel. Kappa would often take quota (usually in the high teens) in fall FR, still be 10+ members below total, and COB like crazy during the second semester. But after seniors graduating, etc, would still be far enough below total that a quota-sized fall FR pledge class wouldn't get us up to the 85 member mark. Now, though, I'm happy to say that Kappa's continued to do well during fall FR, and COB, and that the U of M has realized that having 5 of its 9 sororities constantly below total means total should be lowered, and I've heard that Kappa is around/over 70 members and total is 72 or 75. If geeky penguin or someone else who's currently in MPLS wants to correct me, that'd be great. I hope no one minds my sharing. It just shows that it can take the better part of a decade for a house to boost numbers. And that if you don't take quota in fall FR, you have to work your a**es off for the rest of the year in COB/COR. And that one bad year of FR can set you back, etc., etc.
I don't want to make it sound like we were at all in dire straights at Kappa, because we weren't. It was just that we were always striving for total. I was so happy to hear that they've gotten there. Great work, ladies!
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