University of Kentucky Fall 2012 Recruitment

[Pass the Pinot]

Tough cuts are due to the fact that there are so many wonderful qualified young women. Chapters make choices between PNMs that do not seem to make any sense to anyone not conducting Membership Selection. Heck, even some of the collegians don't understand it and get their feelings hurt when their rush crushes are not invited back. Releases (cuts) are tough to whomever is on the receiving end.

Exactly, this was my point. A mom with a hurting daughter just knows that her daughter was cut, whether it be by total numbers, raw numbers, percentages or throwing darts. It's painful all the way around.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Pass the Pinot

Exactly, this was my point. A mom with a hurting daughter just knows that her daughter was cut, whether it be by total numbers, raw numbers, percentages or throwing darts. It's painful all the way around.

Oh I know, and that's why I didn't really direct my comment to you. But to the untrained reader, your post could be interpreted to mean that this year more hearts were broken than ever. There is so much misunderstanding of recruitment and numbers - people posting on GC that omg 1000 PNMs and only 600 spots - cuts will be brutal! I just want to reinforce that more PNMs means MORE girls get placed (raw numbers), and yes, more get cut/withdraw, but the percentages stay roughly the same.