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squirrel love, the big sister chairman works with the new member trainer and depending on the chapter size it may just be the two of them working on the matches, or there may be a committee. usually initiated members who want to take a little sister will sign up to do so, and during the first few weeks of the new member period, the new member will get a temporary big sister on a weekly basis, so that she gets to know several potential big sisters to make a better decision when the time comes. the temp. big goes to lunch with the potential little sister, or gets ice cream or coffee, or sits together at the football game=a low key activity that does not cost a lot of money. at some point in the semester, the new members will all list the girls that they would like to have as a big sister and the committee doing the matching does their best to give each girl their first choice. in my daughter's chapter, they try to match girls who don't have little sisters yet and want one, which is why some girls end up with twins. that is also how it worked with my chapter back in the day.

so in essence, the new member does get to choose her big, up to a point and it works sort of like the recruitment process works.