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Originally posted by aabby757
Do I think SK, ZTA, ADPi have "lower quality" girls than the other houses? ABSOULTELY NOT.
However, that is how, regretably, they are perceived by the Greek system as a whole of the Maryland campus.
I was just commenting that after just one round, this woman's sister cut the, what I perceive to be the "lower tier" houses.
When the recruitment of round one "tours" went from the houses to the armory, I heard that was to make the playing field more level.
It seems to me that if it worked the lower tier houses wouldnt' be getting cut so soon.
Does that make any sense?
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It does make sense. Cutting out the house tours evens in the playing field so that sororities with really fancy houses, lots of alumnae money, etc. are on the same playing field and those other houses without as much money (could be for various reasons, newer to the campus, etc).
No matter what anyone does, you can't force girls to choose the "lower tier" houses. Houses that are perceived as "lower tier" are usually perceived as such for a reason. And usually the only people who can change that are the members of those "lower tier" houses themselves.
If girls aren't going back to them (and taking from what IowaHawkeye has said about her sister's comments), it's probably because of a lack of rush skills, lack of enough preparation, lack of enthusiasm, etc.
Moving all the groups to present in one room can't do anything to change the girls' interpersonal skills.
If there is a concern about leveling the playing field to "boost up" those "lower tier" houses, a more helpful idea would be for the successful groups to offer them help with rush preparation, and emphasis on good COBing. COBing did wonders for my chapter- we got great girls that helped build up our chapter, and our chapter's rush skills, and now we excel on campus.
Iowahawkeye- congrats to your sister on getting all the invites! That must surely be a great sign for her. Looks like she may have her pick of who she wants! Sounds like she's one of those girls that goes through that absolutely every house is in love with! Can't wait to hear more details!