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Originally posted by aabby757
She has very specific opinions in her colony (they have since been chartered and received a house pretty quickly but the chapter isn't what she would call one of the best on campus.) She feels that NATIONAL errorred big time with some of the women they chose.
This could be true because think about it, if the rushees are meeting subquality women AND they don't have a house, in theory they are going to have only subquality pledges. And then those new members are now initiated and still unpolished and the cycle repeats itself at rush time.
Personally, I could go on and on and on with how I feel colonies are at such a disadvantage right off the bat since they can only get new members AFTER rush is over (and perhaps have to "settle" for those women who didn't get their first choice, any choice, etc) which then leads to potentially self esteem problems, etc. but I won't.
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I think that in a lot of cases, as we definitely saw with threads on here re 2 DZ colonizations, it is announced far enough ahead of rush - usually a year for big schools like KU - that if women decide it is something they want to pursue, they have the time to think about that decision. If you have family ties to the group (which usually comes into play when groups for colonies are selected - the amount of alums in the area) it probably also plays a part. Colonies also take all classes of women, unlike formal rush, where at some schools is 90% freshmen. Some women drop out of rush because they want to be part of the colony. At any rate, I wouldn't characterize colonizing members as "leftovers."
As far as National picking the women - well, as we know, 2 people could look at the same girl and see 2 different things. I think it's very important to have women at the colony who are familiar with the type/region of Greek system there. (i.e., don't send the Belles from LSU to pick women for the Western Connecticut U colony, or vice versa)