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[lyrelyre]

Originally Posted by WVU alpha phi

At the beginning of each day, why were you automatically assuming you'd get invited back to the sororities you put down?

As I see it, this is one of the problems with PNMs ranking each day after parties instead of receiving a list of invitations from which to accept. When a PNM ranks a chapter low, it is somewhat natural for them to feel like they have “released” that chapter. This is a process that is new to them and often it is not fully explained. We’ve all seen the posts from PNMs and new members whose recruitment counselors have insufficiently explained preference cards or pressured them into listing a chapter to which they would not accept a bid. If a recruitment counselor tells a PNM to list chapters at the bottom to which she would rather not return, it can come as quite a shock to be returning to those chapters the next day.

[KSUViolet06]

True, alot of times, the PNMs don't fully understand what they're doing. They sometimes think that ranking the groups = I get to go back to everywhere that I put down. That's not true. They don't often understand that there is a chance that they won't get the ones they put down or get invited to some groups that they didn't rank in their top 4 or whatever.

There's also the issue of Rho Chis not completely or correctly explaining it, and making it sound like "just write down who you want back and that's who you get" when that's not the case.

PNMs don't sometimes understand the "mutual" part of mutual selection and sometimes think they're just picking a sorority.

[GammaPhi88]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

PNMs don't sometimes understand the "mutual" part of mutual selection and sometimes think they're just picking a sorority.

Thats quite true, we have deferred rush on my campus, and I do see PNMs who act as if they're the ones in control because of the very small portion of greek life they've seen first semester. At a meet the greeks event, one PNM said to me, "Thanks for being so nice and showing me pictures and stuff, but don't waste your time, I'm going to be an ABC". And there was the girl who said to me, "But you're so blonde, why didn't you pick XYZ?" Often no one ever tells them otherwise, and they end up receiving quite a rude awakening once they get their first invites back.

[SWTXBelle]

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