is there any hope?

[mulattogyrl]

Originally posted by FSUZeta
during formal recruitment my junior year, a girl came through who everyone was dying to pledge. she was the whole package-looks, brains, personality-you get the picture. she had a full compliment of invitations for the whole of recruitment. she kept going back to one of the least strong chapters, and the whole campus was mystified. she ended up pledging there.we (and all the other chapters) were so disappointed that she did not choose one of us. turns out her mom and grandmother are members of the same sorority, and she really liked the girls. they were a really nice bunch of girls. they also were not very attractive and most of the time looked a little on the sloppy side. many of them were overweight.

she became a little sister to the top fraternity on campus. when they found out where she had pledged, they ridiculed her so badly that she quit the little sister org(the right choice, obviously!). she ended up being president of her chapter the next year. even though she was a sophomore, i think that the chapter realized what an asset they had and wanted her to have as much face time as possible. gradually, over the years,(i would guess 10 or 15, having recently seen yearbooks from 80's and 90's.) the chapter turned itself around and is now competitive on campus.

i really believe that the turnaround began with this one person. the chapter must have realized that to survive they needed to change some things. she undoubtedly looked past the superficial and saw a sisterhood she wanted to be a part of and more importantly, that she could help improve. i also believe that the chapter realized that they were going to have to change some things and improve themselves or they might run the risk of having their chapter closed(we lost 4 chapters during that time at fsu).

have you thought about running for an executive council office? you can influence the most people from a position of authority. what about running for the recruitment office in your chapter?as someone else said , recruitment is 365 days a year. you need to help the chapter to understand this. that includes attitude, grades, activities AND appearance. as recruitment vp or chairperson or whatever your sorority calls it, you might be able to inact some changes rather quickly. just realize that drastic changes probably won't happen easily, and the reputation of the sorority will not improve dramatically during your time at your college. i commend you for not giving up and for caring enough to try to improve your chapter. good luck!!

This is a really good post.