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Up until sometime around the 1980s, recruitment was very different at UT. The way relatives have explained it to me is that PNMs received individual invitations to sorority parties, but only from the sororities who were interested in them. A PNM could start out with invites from all chapters or just one or two, depending on how "desirable" the PNM was. They continued to attend the parties of the groups they were interested in joining who invited them back. Most PNMs never even saw the inside of the infamous "Big Six" chapters.
Yes, it was elitist, but in some ways I think it was better because it never gave false hope to PNMs who had absolutely no chance of receiving a bid from a particular chapter. You started out with all the chapters that thought you were a possible fit rather than wasting your time hoping that "lofty" chapter wanted you or you could make an impression in a 20 minute party that will keep them from cutting you and wondering what you did wrong.
With RFM, if you're in a strong and desirable chapter on a competitive campus, you have to have a very good idea about who you are going to invite back for the second round before the first round even begins. There's no other way to eliminate over half of the PNMs after one 20 minute party. People are always going to complain about the recruitment process when it doesn't go their way, no matter what method you use.
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