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Originally Posted by aephi alum
I'm coming from the perspective of an NPC sorority alumna. KSUViolet06, ASTAlumna06, and WhiteRose1912 are also all alumnae of NPC sororities. (Edit: DeltaBetaBaby is also an NPC alumna - she and I cross-posted.)
NPC sorority membership selection is private. No chapter will ever tell a PNM why she was released. That said, every NPC sorority has a minimum GPA requirement, so, if a PNM's GPA is low and she is released, she can make an educated guess that her GPA is the reason. So, you may want to give out letters of regret, but you are under no obligation to explain why you didn't offer a bid to a particular woman.
Since there are only two sororities on campus and both are local, you are under no obligation to cap your new member class size. That said, with 50 actives, you probably don't want to take a NM class of, oh, 200 ... you'd be overwhelmed.
It's a good idea to steer away from alcohol, and I'm glad that you're doing so. You want to be sober while choosing new members. My chapter has held mocktail parties - there are plenty of creative drinks you can prepare without adding booze. (AEPhi has a no-alcohol policy for official functions including recruitment, and the drinking age down here is 21  ). |
Hi aephi_alum,
Thank you so much for being so kind and clarifying this process for me. I really appreciate this.
I am curious as to how you acquire a GPA from a freshman, as I assume many of the PNMs would be new. Do you ask them for their high school transcript?
Also, that is good to hear that NPC organizations do not disclose the reasons why someone does not receive a bid. We operate in the same manner. In the past, I have been the one to run 3 very successful recruitment's. Our current chair plans to run for a position in EC, so I thought I would get back into the game and run for rush chair. My plans are to switch gears from seeking numbers to becoming even more exclusive then we currently are. I’m just having some trouble figuring out how to do that exactly so that when I sell this to my sorority they know that this choice is in the best interest of the future of our sorority.
Having over 50 actives is quite a bit for a university that has only 3 organizations at the moment. I like being able to know everyone in my sorority very well. I feel that if we were to become even more exclusive than we currently are, this would help boost our GPA even more. I think it would also be good to have a smaller recruitment as we can focus more time into teaching them valuable skills!
Yeah, I also really like that we do not associate alcohol with our recruitment and all our socials. We strive to create a positive image for greek organizations on campus, as there is a lot of negative associations due to the media. We strive to ensure the sisters we invite to join us are doing so because they like to volunteer in the community, and not because they want a cool group of people they can drink with. Yes, we do drink from time to time (we are university students after all and it is legal for us), but that is not why we are here.