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Originally Posted by AGDee
The biggest thing I think a campus panhellenic needs to think about when selecting a recruitment style is whether the effort=the benefit. Some of the campuses with chapters I've worked with where they do COB only now had quotas of 6 or less every year. Is it worth that budget, time and effort for 6 new members? One campus had a quota of 2 one year. All that, for two? It just isn't worth it.
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Well, at schools like this, the $$ and time outlay for rush is considerably smaller than a Big 10/SEC school. For instance, we never had a work week - I don't think any of the groups did. We barely had dress checks and we certainly didn't buy special clothing. The people who were in the skit practiced it a couple times, and that was it. As far as $$? I know this is decades ago, but when I read about chapters spending thousands of $$$....I don't think everyone (7 groups) on our campus spent $1000 combined.
The point is too often - especially if the school allows first semester freshmen to rush - women get in their head which group they want before meeting all or even half of them. They go to that group and only that group's COB events. The group doesn't bid her. This doesn't make her say "well, XYZ didn't want me, I'll check out the other groups." This makes her say "sorority girls are all stuck up bitches and I want nothing to do with the Greek system." She might not have that attitude if she had gotten to meet women in the other chapters and realize that there is more than one group out there.
I know it seems like it isn't worth it, but if it keeps women engaged and interested in the possibility of Greek life, even with a quota of 2, it IS worth it.