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Originally Posted by barnard1897
I have to say, I feel for the chapters that perceived as more "middle of the road" on campus-dealing with rather sulky NMs who are don't really want to smile for bid day pics and are still grappling with the fact that they pictured different letters on their cute new tote bag. Maybe I'm just getting old, but my crabby view is fast becoming-just move out of the way and give it another go next year then, so the chapters can get people who really want to be there, and so you can spend a year maturing a little more.
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I agree! With so many houses at U of I, each one is only going to get about 55-60 women out of the 1,300. (Granted not all 1,300 want the the same ones, but it would be naive to say there aren't some that appear on a lot of lists.) My rush crush during one year's recruitment, chose to drop after a late round because she wasn't ready for the process. She didn't take someone's spot on the final bid lists, and it ended up working for her the next year. Some of the women who dropped are probably pursuing Alpha Xi Delta and will be great members for their new class! Some probably dropped because they decided it's just not for them. Others are probably pursing other opportunities. The "bummer" part is the ones who dropped and will be bitter about the process. However, like you said in different words, chapters want women who want to be there too!