How Can We Maximize Greek Membership?

[FSUZeta]

the "logic" behind some chapters having to release a high percentage of pnms after the first set of parties is to not lead the pnms on into a false sense of "wow-abc is the top group at state u and they keep inviting me back-they must really like me. i'll bet i get a bid from them," only to have abc drop them before the pref round and totally devastate them. however, if, for whatever reason, justified or not, polly pnm has her heart set on abc or nothing at all, and for some reason she is dropped by abc because they had to release 60% of all the pnms after the first set of parties, she may drop out of recruitment altogether.

a few years back there was a theory that the large chapters were just inviting pnms back to make their return rates look good and based on that(and i am sure other things) it was decided that it would be kinder to release early on those pnms that they might not end up offering a bid to. i think that a huge assumption is being made by the powers that be-that the released pnms would never have been offered a bid by abc, but noone can know that unless the chapters are allowed to invite back as many as they want and more members can meet polly pnm.who knows?that next visit to the abc house may be the time she really shines!but it is a double edged sword-some girls will fall into the scenario in the first paragraph, and some will continue with recruitment only to find that they don't have a good fit with the remaining chapters. i don't know what the answer is, but it seems to me that if pnms are so upset after being released by certain chapters that they drop out all together, then it might be better to allow those chapters to release less girls, so that the pnms will remain in recruitment and hopefully give each chapter on their campus a good look and ultimately find the best group for them.