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Indeed, I have enjoyed this thread so far. One of my mom's co-workers is an Delta, and she joked with my mom about how over-the-top NPC recruitment is when I went through a couple years ago. All I really knew was that women usually had a particular group in mind before going through intake.
I think it's a great thing that NPHC groups tend to prefer taking upperclasswomen; that way you know they can handle everything they've got to do in college (and beyond). I'm glad I was able to pledge as a freshman, because it did make a large campus smaller, but not every freshman woman is ready to juggle school/sorority/possibly work her first semester of college.
I also admire the emphasis put on alumnae. My chapter doesn't really hear much from ours other than recent graduates, largely because I don't really know of any way that they can be involved other than showing up to alumnae teas and philanthropy events and/or donating to the chapter. Kind of makes me dread graduation. My little is alumnae relations chair, and she puts out a newsletter, but really all we can do is let them know what's going on and ask them to come. It's kind of saddening.
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