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Originally posted by Diamond Delta
Question though-the groups are not going to do any cutting at all until after pref. I like the idea myself.
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I still think PNMs should have to be invited to pref. It gives the PNMs and the sororities some level of feedback as to what might or might not be a good fit.
Hypothetical example: Sally PNM comes through recruitment, attends the round robin and some of the open COB events, and totally falls in love with chapters A and B. She's not sure about C, and dislikes D. A and B have decided that they will not be offering Sally a bid, but C is interested.
On pref night, Sally (having no idea) decides to focus her efforts on A and B, because they are her favorites and she thinks there's no way she won't get a bid from at least one of them. She does not attend pref at C or D.
C decides not to offer Sally a bid because she didn't pref them. Now Sally is bidless. And some sororities have a "cut once, cut always" policy, so because of a silly decision she may never get the chance to go greek.
Now, if she had had to be invited to pref, she would have shown up for pref night and been given her one invitation, C. She would undoubtedly be disappointed to get cut from her two favorites, and she might withdraw, or she might give C a shot and become a happy member of C. GC is full of recruitment stories where people got cut from their favorites but found a home in a GLO that wasn't one of their top two or three going in.
Plus... at pref, a PNM can look around the room at the other PNMs present with the understanding that these are the women whom the sorority would like to have as sisters, and that if she joins this sorority, some of these women will be her pledge sisters. If you don't have to be invited, all you know about the other PNMs in the room is that those PNMs like this sorority.
But whatever... you have to do what's right for your campus environment. Good luck with the new recruitment style - let us know how it works out.
