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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Now hear me out... 99.9% of the girls that we get are either a.) brought to a recruitment event by a sister who she's already friends with, b.) is a new roommate of a sister, or c.) has a friend who knows someone in the sorority who convinces her to join.
If this is the case, and if convincing complete strangers to come to recruitment events is difficult, why have them? Why not just invite these girls we don't know to do normal things like get lunch, go to a basketball game, or study?
I keep reading everywhere that "Non-Greeks are afraid of sorority/fraternity rush events", which I can understand. And in a formal recruitment setting, they have to go through these events if they want to join. But on this campus, they don't. Would it be wise to avoid these kind of events altogether?
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Well, if the only way you're recruiting is to ask friends, eventually you're going to run out of friends of friends.
Yes, ask girls you don't know to get lunch etc...I thought you were already doing that.
But you, and your sisters, have to become friends with her before you think about rushing her. And realize not everyone you befriend is going to be a good fit - it's trial and error. If your only motivation to get to know new women on campus is to eventually get them to pledge, then people are going to run the other way when they see one of you coming. It'll be like you're selling Amway or Arbonne or something.
And I don't think that non Greeks are "afraid" of rush events - uninterested maybe, indifferent maybe, but afraid? Do you really want someone as a sister who's afraid to go to a rush event?