What dgdramadawg said!
I have seen the new release figures cause a few unexpected results. First, it seems that far fewer legacies are getting bids...almost all the legacies I've known who went to UGa or Auburn were released right after second parties. Also--and I know we talked about this on some other thread--students have to be outstanding to get accepted to UGa. I mean, sky-high SATs and grades, top activities, the whole bit. So here all these outstanding girls are pitted against each other and sorry folks, that's what it is, and after second parties, massive cuts are made. Really super girls are blasted away because they get their results and over half the sororities have cut them. They don't care what they have left, their egos are shattered, and they drop out-especially if all their buddies did well.
My daughter and a friend were in front of one of the freshman dorms last year and all these buses drove up. Crying girls began to get off the buses and the friend asked one why they were crying. She told him that all these girls had dropped out of rush, having gotten their invitations after second parties.
I see the point of release figures--back in the day it was common to keep lots of girls as late as possible because it looked good--but I fear that we're alienating several potential, outstanding Greeks and I have let folks in NPC know this.
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