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I think many girls who go through recruitment screw themselves over by ranking "lower" tier houses at the bottom of their list, or dropping out of recruitment when things don't go their way. You paid 60 dollars, at least finish up the process. If you really don't like the chapter you end up at, you're not obligated to accept a bid.

I also don't believe in dropping out of recruitment as a freshman because you were unhappy with your list and going through again as a sophomore in hopes of getting a "better" house. I know an insurmountable number of sophomores who went/have gone through recruitment twice, only to see that the houses they get back are similar if not identical to the ones they got the first time around. (Plus sophomores always get much heavier cuts). Yes, the system sucks but it's not just NPC/IU/the individual chapters... it's also in large part due to failure of PNMs to keep an open mind.

TPA did very well this past recruitment for being an unhoused chapter competing with 19 other housed chapters, so good for them. Hopefully their success this recruitment will take away the negative stigma associated with a non-housed chapter and more girls will be willing to join other non-housed chapters in the coming years.