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Originally Posted by 33girl
You mean total not quota.  |
Thank you for catching that
I went off on my angry ramble and didn't notice my mistake, haha.
Yeah, 161 is our campus total, as of the last time I heard. Most chapters are hovering probably within ten below or above. However, we do have several chapters in the 180s. A few years ago, before numbers as a whole dropped, many of those chapters were above 200 (no idea what our total was though, honestly). As far as I know though, the smaller chapters on campus do pretty well maintaining their numbers through things like COB and spring recruitment.
Someone mentioned something about people getting petty with gossip over low numbers. The problem at UF, as it probably is at other schools, (and please believe me when I say I hate myself for writing this) is that most of the houses with lower numbers that typically participate in recruitment are the "less popular" or not "top tier" houses. Thus the whole trying to remove the stigma of spring recruitment, as was discussed earlier. So it's not just, "Oh, ABC has suchhhh low numbers, they only have 149 girls!" It's other things. "OMG, I can't believe ABC is participating in spring rush this year, they've never had to do that before!" The frustrating thing is that most chapter's numbers have dropped from the economy, and more and more chapters are participating in it. And spring recruitment is just another opportunity to get great new members in a much more informal and relaxed environment. Unfortunately, spring recruitment at UF still is very much looked down upon by a lot of people. Sigh.
Note to any potential new members out there: Every single one of UF's 16 chapters has amazing girls and great things to offer, and you should pick your chapter based on how you feel with the women there, not on any of the petty, mean things people say. I have friends in every single house, and they love their chapters and their sisters