[33girl]

^^^YES. This doesn't mean just going after girls for them to be numbers, but making friends with them and finding out if they'd be a good fit with your chapter.

Ask the best resource you have - your most recent pledge class. Tell them no matter what they say, don't worry, you won't be mad - it's all done to improve. Ask what they heard the other girls saying during rush, and ask what they thought of the pref party. If they tell you they joined in spite of pref, then change it ASAP.

COB and take a new member class in the "off" semester, whether that is spring or fall. Maybe no other groups do it, but the fact of the matter is, you aren't going to make up the difference totally in formal rush.

Rush is 24/7/365. You have to be at the same level as all the other groups going into formal rush, not hope that a miracle will occur and everyone will put you down first.