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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp
I'd like to see real data on this too, because the campus I know best (Penn) has deferred recruitment and very poor upperclass retention. Clearly, anecdote won't get us anywhere on this question.
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Exactly. I can think about my campus and I know that we had some bigger issues with retention than other chapters at the time. But as quota increased we were less and less able to put more effort into NM retention because there were more NMs in one case than there were actives who were qualified to be Big Sisters. It was freaky! We kept from spiraling down that membership hole and AFAIK we're doing wonderfully there now. Adding a chapter helped keep quota down and made life easier for all of us.
But that was one chapter during one 4 year window. I obviously have no idea how the other chapters managed and I have no way to say that changing recruitment would have made a difference for the better.
But I do think a lot of people here have had ideas that would improve recruitment no matter when it is held. (As well as lessening the pressure on the numbers, but that is all HQs.)
ETA: With the whole seniors not returning thing: We had quite a few nursing and engineering students and they were slammed by senior year if they weren't already. They didn't leave but they didn't have a lot of time for social/philanthropy events.