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Old 09-11-2016, 09:56 PM
Titchou Titchou is offline
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Originally Posted by leiaamiedala View Post
Hi All,

I had a rec girl go through recruitment at a mid-sized school recently. I was under the impression that the school was not super competitive. This was her second time through - as a sophomore. She went: 11 houses (Round one) --> 8 (out of 8) houses (Round two) --> 1 (out of 5) house (Round three)
And then dropped out before preference because she just could not see herself in the last house. She will be pursuing COB and applying to the panhell group that is colonizing this fall. If all else fails, she will do informal recruitment this winter. So she knows her options and is doing her best to react. But it seemed very, very odd to me that a girl can go from 8 to 1 between second and third rounds. Is this supposed to happen if the recruitment process is being run well?

Additionally, I found out that about 840 PNMs went to round one, but over 270 dropped by the end of preference. That is a match % of only about 65%. This seems very low to me. Am I wrong to question the greek adviser / panhellenic's methods for formal recruitment? Shouldn't a higher % of PNMs be placed if it is being run correctly?

Let me know what you all think.

First of all, the numbers are done by an RFM specialist assigned to the campus by NPC so I doubt the Greek adviser manipulated any numbers. Not knowing the PNM, the campus, etc it is difficult to say what happened. Does this campus have a separate upperclass quota? If not,then there's the issue most likely. If they do, then obviously there is an issue with the PNM. But there is no way to know. As for the percentages, the most important one is the one that reflects how many attended pref got a bid. Some campuses lose a lot thru the week for various reasons. I would question why she would drop out when someone obviously thought enough of her to include her on their bid list - which is the case since she got a pref invite. I'd also be surprised if they cut her after first invites if she'll get any COB invites. Something happened - grades, rep,something - that will follow her unfortunately. A colony might be a good option. If she can, a rec for that group would be beneficial.
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