[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by southernsugar

From what I heard, they just decided it was better for the group to focus on COBing to total, because they are now the only group below, and below by a bit. Last year at formal recruitment, of the girls that bidmatched to them, most declined. Many would SIP any other party, or drop out if kappa delta was their only group. My cousin attends there, and she says that it's not fair to them, but they are the group that happens to currently struggle with membership. Most girls would rather be GDI than Kappa Delta, and with a different informal recruitment, they've found it easier to pick up more girls without the stress of a failing formal recruitment.
By low number, she was stressing that quota her year was 63, and kappa delta only had 11 or 12 bid acceptances, and that many drop out further into the experience. They are less than a third of the average chapter size.
Panhellenic and SOME (although sadly, not all) of the sororities and even some of the fraternities are helping them out now.

It can be dispiriting to be the group that fails at formal recruitment - and it makes it that much harder to be "up" for the new members you do get. I sincerely hope KD is able to COB some wonderful women and get up to total.