AS USUAL...there was a thread on this!!!
This happens...it DID happen. Yes one reason is like they said, to help complete a form and get some info.
The other thing that HAPPENED, SOME sororities would contact GUYS from the town they knew the girl was from. They would get information about her and of course...an opinion.
If either of these things are happening, it can be perceived as "interest", wanting to find out a little more. Now, all those hometown girls better hope the guys say nice things!
Of COURSE, they contact other girls too, but the fact they ask the guys kind of blew my mind when I saw it happening.