[KSUViolet06]

^^^I can only speak for my sorority as I don't know about others, but as for us, it's the same as any other colonization, no matter how long the chapter was closed.

Originally Posted by Senusret I

1) How does one recruit seniors into a colony in the first place, assuming seniors are desired?

2) How does one know they are not lame and crazy people who rushed thrice before?

1.) You don't really go out looking for seniors, per se. When you're drumming up interest for a colony, you emphasize that all classes are needed, and there are always a few senior ladies (who are maybe transfers or are going to be in school for an extra year) who are interested.

2.) I've seen it asked on colony interest forms (ex: if you go to a colony website to sign up for colony recruitment) if the PNM has ever participated in formal recruitment or other recruitment before. Also, if you're working closely with Panhellenic, they may provide colony teams with a list of women who maybe dropped out of recruitment or didn't get bids. Now as to the crazy part, it's just like any other recruitment process, it's a roll of the dice and hoping that that person isn't a crazy girl who just wants letters. I find that the process tends to "shake out" those kind of women (as being part of a colony requires more than say, being a NM of an existing group) They're usually all "OMG all this work! I just wanted letters. I'm out of here."