JessSigKap's Retro UMD Recruitment

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by CZAXOTerp

Also at a campus w/ more than a dozen chapters it was also always good to learn who your competition was...

But I think you also know who your competition is, just ask yourself, which chapters did you like during recruitment? I know my chapter could easily answer this question.

[CZAXOTerp]

Originally Posted by JessSigKap

But I think you also know who your competition is, just ask yourself, which chapters did you like during recruitment? I know my chapter could easily answer this question.

I know with my chapter it wasn't that easy- we had girls preffing a variety of chapters. At the time my chapter was diverse and had almost a 50/50 split in terms of religion, it was cool, something we were proud of and would speak about in rush- as opposed to "other" chapters that would ask thinly veiled questions.
My pledge sister & one of my best friends to this day went thru rush together (she lived across the hall from me freshman yr) and our chapter seemed to be the only chapter we had in common through out rush.

[irishpipes]

As far as the chapter already knowing who they are competing with based on who they liked during rush - the chapter might have difficulty being honest - especially if you are in a middle or lower-tier chapter. I mean, there are the chapters that you wish you were competing with - the top tier on whatever campus, and then there are the ones that you are really competing with for the same PNMs. I guess that is why polling the new members is a good idea. Did that make any sense?

[violetpretty]

Well you are competing with any top tier chapters that get girls that your chapter wanted, the only difference is that you come out on the losing side rather than the winning side in that situation.