I was visiting the Auburn University panhellenic website and read the info. that they provided for parents of pnms. it was very informative, and listed some statistics, which i found explained how, even in a competitive recruitment, the majority of pnms can receive bids, as long as they maximize their opportunities. This is the link-
https://fp.auburn.edu/greek/parents.htm.
For those who don't have the time to read it all, I will paraphrase the statistical information:
Using 4 years of statistics, Auburn determined that 78.26 % of pnms joined a sorority. 6.62% were released from recruitment. Of that 6.62%, 3.57% were true releases, meaning that at some point in the week, they received no invitations. The remaining 3.05%, which equaled 146 pnms, were released on bid day. These women listed fewer choices on their preference card than they had options. In other words, they did not list every sorority whose preference party they had attended.
That leaves approximately 15.16% of pnms who withdrew from recruitment. Of those pnms who withdrew from recruitment and completed a recruitment survey, almost 95% listed "not receiving an invitation to their favorite chapter" as their reason for dropping out of recruitment, even when they had 5 or more invitations from other chapters.
So, 2009/10 pnms, here it is in black and white. According to these statistics, if you maximize your opportunites during recruitment, you most likely will end up in a sorority. Keep your options and your mind open.
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