What's the point of skits?

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Originally Posted by psy

My alma marter stopped doing recruitment skits a few years before I was a student there, but I've read about them on GC, and honestly, I don't really get how they are supposed to help in the selection process. Okay, maybe you get to see how a few of the sisters work together or what they choose to focus their skit on, but it still seems like that time would be better spent actually having the PMN's and the actives *interact*, especially given how relatively short recruitment is.

Can someone please shed some light on how skits are helpful in practice, or the logic behind having them is part of recruitment?

Thanks!

I agree. My chapter did skits one year - the year I rushed, which was the first year all the chapters on campus were NPC. I hated watching them, and after I got to know the girls in my chapter after recruitment, I know they must have hated doing it! Most skits revolve around themes, anyway, and don't really tell you anything about the chapter itself...except for maybe whether they're funny, can act/sing/dance/etc. I think the time can be better spent. My alma mater now does a video day, when all the chapters show videos they've made that actually are all about their chapter, activities, etc.