PinkBabygirl10's Informal Sorority Recruitment Thread

[FuzzieAlum]

I don't know whether it would be better or not, but if the guys manage to do rush that way at huge schools, surely we could too?

[Drolefille]

Part of the reasoning is that this will keep as many chapters healthy as possible. The IFC fraternities don't really seem to be interested in that. It is beneficial for sorority life in general if as many chapters as possible meet quota. There's a larger number of fraternities and, at least from what I've seen, a much greater mobility in the number of chapters on campus. Guys don't rush all of the chapters, just the ones they're interested in. This isn't in the benefit of all the chapters (in the NPC's opinion).

*shrug* it's kind of like saying, why don't we recruit like the D9? Because we don't.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by FuzzieAlum

I don't know whether it would be better or not, but if the guys manage to do rush that way at huge schools, surely we could too?

The difference is that most of the guys who rush don't go to every single fraternity. (I'm envisioning the guy at Penn State with 60 bids.)

[PhoenixAzul]

See, I don't think this would work even on a small campus like mine. I think that chapters would bid like crazy, and because girls are girls, they'd take a bid to a sorority that probably isn't their best fit, because it is "one of the best" (see also: Duke thread and Core Four). Then again, the institution of a ceiling would help as well. Dunno...maybe im just stuck in the "this is the way its been done" mode?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

See, I don't think this would work even on a small campus like mine. I think that chapters would bid like crazy, and because girls are girls, they'd take a bid to a sorority that probably isn't their best fit, because it is "one of the best" (see also: Duke thread and Core Four). Then again, the institution of a ceiling would help as well. Dunno...maybe im just stuck in the "this is the way its been done" mode?

No, if anything, the fact that you think this wouldn't go over just proves it is a bad idea (i.e. because your campus is all local and not bound by "NPC says so").

[33girl]

That was for this rush period only. Who knows, next fall there may be a huge increase in interest in Greek life and quota may be set at 50.

Or there may be a huge decrease in interest in Greek life, and there may only be 40 women rushing. And they may all want the same group, and refuse to take bids from anywhere else.

I'm not quite sure I understand the "every chapter can only give out 16 bids on bid day" thing - if Accessories is as small as you said it is compared to the other groups, they should still be able to snap bid up to chapter total, whether this is a formal or informal rush. You cannot prevent a group from bidding up to total unless there are extenuating circumstances (like a colony on campus).

[Drolefille]

Doing it that way also leads to the problem of knowing where you are on the bidlist. I'd hate knowing I wasn't good enough for the first list but got a bid because I was a little further down.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Doing it that way also leads to the problem of knowing where you are on the bidlist. I'd hate knowing I wasn't good enough for the first list but got a bid because I was a little further down.

Exactly. And then PNMs might not want to take a snap bid because they don't want to feel like "sloppy seconds".