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I didn't advocate for a free-for-all, I said that doing the first day as it is typically done makes sense. To elaborate, that assures women learn a bit about each chapter and doesn't only have her focus on the three chapters she heard are popular. However, I think that it would make sense to have chapters invite an unlimited number of PNMs back to more unstructured events. Have the PNMs sign up for longer slots over more days. A weaker recruiting chapter would strategically invite more back than the stronger recruiting ones, so some events will be larger and some smaller. Then have their preference be invite only, women can only go to two or three, and let the women find out what chapters gave out bids to them and have THEM choose, rather than finding out the day of what of their three they got. I just think it needs to be adjusted. While intelligent and philanthropic women go through recruitment (obviously, as our chapters have many of those women), I saw many women on campus that would have been amazing for sorority life that had no interest going through because the chants, matching outfits, and timed conversations seemed fake to them. I didn't go to a school in the SEC, I realize that recruitment is a huge undertaking and that the mass of women would be a large logistical challenge. It just seems like it's worth a look at some adjustment. Yes, people will still be rejected and upset, but hopefully the point is they don't feel like it was off their looks because they had a five minute conversation and were rejected.
I feel like there is an emphasis to get women to be an XYZ by week three of school. Fewer women would join if it was extended, I would also think they are the women most committed to being in a sorority for the right reasons. It just seems that we owe it to our members to make sure the value is mutually beneficial as costs of being in a sorority and in college go up. It needs to be a great friendship match first, but also one where women really take the time to make sure it is of an educational and career benefit for them to join, and for the chapters to later have them as alumni.
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