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Originally Posted by AGDee
I had an interesting conversation with a young lady who from a WRC last night, trying to comfort her and ease her frustration. I asked her if they had felt prepared for recruitment and she said "Yes! I think we did great but it's our campus rep. No matter how cool and nice we are in recruitment, we don't get as many girls. And we are really cool and nice!" And yeah, they are cool and nice, but people don't give them a chance- and it's breaking their hearts 
So, for *those* chapters- give them a chance. Get to know them. Reps and tiers are BS in huge systems like Penn State. |
Yes, definitely!
And a little side rant here, but I think one of the big problems with ALL chapters (not just weak recruiting ones) is they believe that once recruitment ends, recruitment ends.
Yes, I meant to say that.
Chapter members need to learn how to be outgoing, promote their chapter, put their best foot forward, help others, and make everyone see just how awesome their sorority truly is 24/7/365.
My chapter had maybe 10 active sisters when my new member class joined. 10. Being visible on campus and having people want to join your chapter can be difficult when you have only that many members. But we had one sister (who eventually became my big) who was such a presence on campus that EVERYONE knew who she was. She wore letters EVERY DAY. No, I'm not exaggerating. She would talk to EVERYONE. She was involved on campus, and she was the first person you would see when walking into the cafe because she was always standing up, walking around, and saying hi to whoever walked by. She made joining the chapter so much less intimidating for me. She even came to my dorm and walked with me to my first recruitment party (we only did COB at the time). I think that if more chapters had girls like her, stereotypes and the idea of "weak chapters" may go straight out the window. When girls love their sorority, its values, and they want to share it with everyone, every day, it can completely change perceptions. I think more members need to think outside the recruitment box.
To the OP: At a school like Penn State, with so many chapters, I can't even picture these "tiers" being that significant. I kind of liken it to my high school - we had so many kids there (10th-12th grade, nearly 4,000 students) that once the initial few weeks of school were over, and everyone had settled into their groups of friends, no one really cared what everyone else was doing. There were cheerleaders, and football players, and goth kids, and band geeks... and I'm sure there were issues here and there, but for the most part, everyone just kind of did their own thing. With that many people, it's hard to keep track of who's "popular."
During recruitment, just be yourself at every chapter. You may find (as others here on Greekchat have discovered before) that the chapter members might know you better than you know yourself. In other words, that "top" chapter that you didn't get invited back to.. chances are, you wouldn't have fit in with them anyway. And that other chapter that you're not thrilled about.. they may be giving you the chance to be Greek that you've always dreamed of, but you just don't know yet that they're exactly what you need. There are many girls here who get their 2nd, 3rd, 4th choice.. and after a few weeks, they realize that they've ended up where they're meant to be. Just give every one of the chapters a fair chance, as that's what they've done for you.
Good luck, and enjoy the rest of recruitment!
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