How Can We Maximize Greek Membership?

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Every year, I hear of more and more PNMs who go bidless. These girls have good grades, good reputations, good activities--and they come out of recruitment without bids. Yesterday Tiger's mom (Tiger is the PNM whose rush I followed at Auburn) called, very upset, and said that she just learned that a PNM she met at AU went bidless, even though she attended 3 pref parties and ranked all 3. This is so wrong!

I remember that when I was in college, there were lots of girls who signed up for COB and never heard a thing, although there were sororities who had openings. Again--wonderful girls who didn't happen to know any Greeks who would bring their names up for membership.

What's the answer? Should total be raised? Should all sororites be given a spring quota of say, 5, and they would all participate in semi-formal spring recruitment?

By being so exclusive (if you didn't get a bid in Formal, too bad for you, bye), we're sowing a crop of Greek-haters. I'm sure many women know of other women who would've been super Greeks when they rushed years ago but slipped through the cracks and to this day, are still hurt when they talk about their rush.

What can we do?