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A school I am familiar with currently has less then ten NPC groups. Over 45 years, campus fluctuated between 7-12 NPC houses. Not all current NPC groups make quota, which continues a long trend. All groups have/had housing. A few groups have disbanded, then recolonized.
It seemed when one group would leave, every other group and the PNMs knew who the next-lesser (for lack of better term) group was; that group was more-than-usually next to leave campus (and this was during a mini-boom in campus sorority membership #s). PNMs just wanted to join the 4-6 popular houses, which meant the other 3-6 didn't make quota and had to COB.
The problem of having half the houses popular/half the houses not-so-popular continues. Is this due to tent talk? Sure. Should rush be held earlier/for a longer time stretch? Yes. But I see reluctance to change on the part of campus fraternal leaders, since their system of choice has 'worked' for decades.
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