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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin
This really varies with campus. At some campuses, COR is not a viable option for the sororities. They need to get the girls they want to get during formal recruitment. That's why I think it's more important to get the girls and then do tons of member development - at least if COR isn't really an option for you.
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True. Every campus is different and that culture needs to be taken into consideration. On a highly competitve campus where traditionally all new members are obtained through formal recruitment, needing to COR can be viewed as a sign of weakness and/or internal problems. People wonder why is a chapter COR'ing and will often assume the worst.
The exception at Bama was a few years ago when Panhellenic significantly raised Chapter Total, pushing almost half the chapters below the new total and forcing them all into COR. If everyone else or at least several others are doing it too, then it's not a problem. But if there's only one or maybe two, then a chapter's reputation can take a hit.