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Originally posted by kappaloo
Isn't this new "Partial Structured Recruitment" that NPC came out with late last year?
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Yes, I believe so. I remember it sounds like one of those 4 choices from the "menu" of recruitment styles. My undergraduate campus was thinking of doing this, but last I heard they scrapped it. Which was good, b/c it would have been bad for them. On that campus, of the 5 sororities, there are 2 that everyone wants to join, there are 2 that are in the middle, and there is one that is the smallest and always struggles. By not forcing the PNM's to go to every group each day, they would have all naturally gravitated to the top 2 houses, and those 2 houses would always have the biggest pledge classes, and many girls would have gone bidless. At least, that's what I think would have happened.
It seems to me that in a system such as this, while no quota would be okay, there should be a max amount of PNMs a sorority can extend bids to. It's not fair for one group to take 14 of the 15 PNMs going through recruitment.
Especially w/ no total, the big will just get bigger and bigger and bigger. Then, there will be a house w/ only a handful of girls, and yes, they will suffer and probably eventually fold.
I don't agree w/ this particular recruitment structure. Especially on a smaller campus such as this one. Of course, on this campus, there are only a handful of PNMs, but if one group takes 10 PNMs every year, and another group only takes 2 PNMs every year, it will eventually take its toll. But that's just my view.
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Originally posted by Firehouse
Suspending the rules will help your system. Of the four, one will prosper and become the leader. Two will be similar to each other in size and standing, and the fourth will fail because they don't offer an attractive-enough product. Invite two or three good nationals to come in immediately. They will infuse energy and passion into the system right away.
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Now how is that fair? Why couldn't the campus put the energy and passion into helping the fourth group succeed? Closing a group and bringing on a new one just b/c they have a "more attractive product" will do nothing to help the Greek system. That new package will only be attractive for so long, and then a new group will be on the bottom and struggling. Fix the problems, not the symptoms.
And how can you say "invite good nationals to come in" - aren't they all good?