Cutting heavily vs. not cutting at all...

[aephi alum]

I'm wondering what everyone's take is on heavy cutting vs. light or no cutting. leilanimoon's comment that AEPhi at her school isn't cutting anyone is what's making me wonder...

In my day, my chapter invited pretty much everyone back to round 2, cutting only women who didn't make grades or who showed an extreme lack of interest. (As a new chapter we were not obligated to use release figures.) When we made up our invite lists for pref, we were a lot more selective, and only invited women who we truly felt would be good sisters. Most if not all of the other sororities did likewise, inviting to round 2 as many PNMs as their release figures would allow, then being very selective when it came to pref.

I have seen a sorority at my school (thought of as the most popular) be extremely selective in whom they invited to pref, and as a result they were far from quota and got reprimanded by their nationals. I've also seen situations where sororities invite so many women to pref, and so many of them get their hearts set on 2 particular groups, that the number of names on the no-bid list is more than half of quota.

So what's your take? Is a sorority that cuts heavily considered desirable because it's "more exclusive" or is that sorority committing suicide? Does a sorority that invites everyone back really look like it will take all comers?