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Originally posted by JocelynC
What good is a pledge class of 90 girls if 20-30 of them drop????
What good are they if HALF of them become "letter wearers" after initiation?
I'd rather take 10 that stick around, than 30 who wear letters, but don't contribute anything to the chapter.
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Amen.
When I joined my house in '99, there were maybe 25 active members and that semester, my class had 17. It was hard to keep girls interested and often we had participation issues. After some tweeking, in Fall 2002, we took a class of 30. The house was at about 24 active members. Most of those 30 have stuck around. But we have had people drop. But participation is up and the girls seem generally happy with being in the sorority. Morale is a lot higher than when the house was smaller.
It is a little strange saying my house is almost at 60 members, considering what it was when I started. But I always say, if the house is bigger, you get more options for leadership, more people cheering you on, etc. And the girls that aren't into it as much usually drop within a semester anyway.
But at rush, we do stress quality over quantity. And we have not extended bids to girls before because we just didn't want that big of a pledge class. (This was post Fall 2002.)
I come from a campus where house total is around 65. However I have been at philanthropies where we will have almost our whole house supporting where a chapter with 70-80 girls can fit all of their supporters on a small blanket.
So what good is having a huge chapter if no one will know it?