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Originally posted by NutBrnHair
A quota class of quality women is possible at any size school, since quota is determined by the number of PNMs divided by the number of sororities. Not achieving quota means you went to the bottom of your list. Sure, you can pledge quality women through COB -- that's fine. For me, I'd rather get them in formal rush & spend the rest of the year focusing on sisterhood, academics, social, etc.
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A speaker we had emphasized that you don't have to stop focusing on sisterhood, academics, social, whatever while you're COB. Too many chapters think that COB requires tons of extra effort -- throwing special parties just for them, more events, more stress. But it doesn't have to. When we COB, we just invite girls to the events we're already having -- bringing them to formal dinner at the house, taking them out for ice cream with our new girls, we even invite them to bid day celebrations. It's hardly any extra effort for us, and the girls get to see what we're really about. Instead of formal rush, where we're telling girls, "Oh, this is what we're like, this is what we do," they get to be out there with us seeing what it would be like to be in our sorority. IMO we lose too many intelligent girls to the formal rush process. They can see that it IS shallow and that they can't always get an accurate feel for what a house is really like. COB allows them to do that.
The problem is not that COB takes up too much time or effort, it's that many chapters don't know how to COB effectively.
Personally, we get so many great girls through COB that I'd prefer to skip formal rush altogether (super stressful and emotional time for all involved) and just COB year-round.
P.S.: Someone please elaborate on the differences between the "old system" and "new system" at Michigan!