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Originally posted by PnguinTrax
However, Sally, Betty and Jane never would have even considered going through recruitment unless Chapter D was on campus. When they go through events, they realize that all the groups are great and each end up pledging A, B, and C respectively, something they never would have done unless the 'draw' of chapter D was present.
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That's true. You have to look at the school's particular situation, and balance the positives of D attracting otherwise uninterested women to recruitment vs. the negatives of D drawing PNM's away from the chapters that are in trouble. If there's a chapter that's so low in numbers that it's in danger of going under, a new sorority may attract so many PNM's away from it that it does go under, whereas it wouldn't have if the expansion hadn't taken place.
Of course, as you say, the draw of chapter D may pull some women in who then get bids from chapter C... but, since these women were initially attracted by D, some of them may just decline their bids and try to get into D next year, whereas if D hadn't been there, they'd accept their bids to C.
I guess you (meaning Panhel) have to try to figure out which scenario is most likely, and then decide based on what's best for all the sororities. There are so many variables...
