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I do ascribe some of the problems to deferred recruitment. When we had formal fall rush, the other four chapters would usually be over total as a result; maybe one chapter would be COBing to fill two or three spots. This gave AEPhi a certain amount of "protection" - we could COB freely all year. We got a number of women who were put off by FR but who shone in a more informal setting. Now we've lost that protection - come fall, everyone's under total.
I think the "Jewish sorority" history definitely plays into it. All the founding sisters of my chapter except one were Jewish. In some way, we fill a niche market. That's not to say that Jewish women might not be more comfortable elsewhere or that non-Jewish women might be happiest with AEPhi (I have a number of non-Jewish chapter sisters).
I just think about the four women we got this year, and while I'm very happy for them and proud of my chapter, if this becomes the pattern - 16 women does not a chapter make when total is 80.
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