EWU is a kinda small school and we have 4 sororities and 4 frats and formal recruitment is a big deal. I just went through it this fall and there are so many girls, like hundreds who go through it. It's so overwhelming, but it's a great experience. We do it in 2 weeks, 4 parties on Saturday and Sunday then the following weekend 3 on Friday and then Preference. There are Alpha Chi's (they won't let us call them Rho Chi's anymore because it's the same symbol as some pharmaceutical company) that go around the dorms, because that's how I learned about it. I think that that helps spark interest in Greeks and helps with getting people to rush. Greek Life on campus is a big thing and for the most part we have a really good reputation on campus. Yeah, not very many girls didn't get a bid and you would think out of hundreds, that there would be more that didn't. The only thing that annoyed me was that I heard that a certain sorority on campus made girls go alum because they wanted more new girls. We get the majority of our girls during fall formal recruitment and very few during cob'ing. Our sorority is the only one on campus without a house, but I don't think that that puts us at a disadvantage, in fact, I sometimes think that it's a plus because we don't have to give out bids just to make sure that we pay the mortgage, we give out bids to girls that are truly AOII.
