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Just to underscore LatinaAlumna's point, your recruitment process seems like a hybrid of two different approaches to recruitment. If that's the case, you will always struggle going head to head with NPC sororities in formal recruitment. (I'm hearing the Sesame Street song in my head, "Which of these things... is not like the others?...") I have two pieces of advice.
1. Participate in the first round of FR only. Your point in doing this is to maintain visibility and plant a seed in the mind of the PNMs who go through. Put all your energy into this one round of parties so that if PNMs find themselves not "clicking" with any of the other chapters, they know that you will be COBing the next week. Acknowledge that you are not like the other chapters. In fact, embrace it. Turn it into an advantage for you. Sure, most of the girls who sign up for FR are looking for the more traditional NPC experience. But there are always some girls who will be attracted to the group that revels in their individuality, as long as they all genuinely care about each other.
2. Between now and when your two large group of graduates leaves the campus, every single member needs to understand that recruitment has to happen EVERY DAY. You may only give out bids twice a year, but every girl in every class has an opportunity to form an impression of your sorority based on the way the members interact with each other and with the rest of the campus. EVERY DAY. You've got to live recruitment every day, not just when you're hosting a party. You want all those girls to think, "Hey that's a really cool, tight-knit group. Maybe I should check out them out next semester."
Good luck!
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