Sisters who can't recruit

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

'Cause they'll eat all the finger sandwiches.

Every year around football intramurals, certain sororities pull out these linebacker sized girls that they stuff into closets and tell 'em not to wear their letter shirts during the school year to whoop up some girls. I'm pretty sure they're pledged solely due to their ability to bench press a car.

[KSUViolet06]

As an active I was pretty good at formal recruitment. It's odd because I joined through COB and was so nervous about doing FR that fall.

The one thing I was not good at was singing during Pref. I was that girl who mouthed the words.

[APhiAnna]

To PhoenixAzul, I don't think it's so much being ashamed of members but rather understanding who the best reruiters are. If I remember correctly, you are a member of a local at a non-competitive school which probably explains the confusion. At larger, competitive schools it's not just competitive for the PNMs to get the chapters they want...it's also competitive for the chapters to get certain PNMs. Therefore some sisters are more effective recruiters than others and they are utilized more. I feel it's a by-product of frills recruitment...you want every advantage you can get.

I don't think this has nearly as much to do with looks as it does with conversation. We have several girls that have such incredible social skills that they can have effective conversations with everybody...they could make just about anybody feel like they had just met their long-lost twin. We also had drop-dead gorgeous girls who, although fun at chapter events, were shy or came off as stuck-up when recruiting women.

I think in more competitive recruitments the chapters have to work as a team...certain members are stellar recruiters and can convince star PNMs to join, certain members are extremely talented and can be utilized in skits, some are super organized and are a God-send behind the scenes, etc. It has nothing to do with their "worth" in the chapter.