2 - Year College Enrollees -- Should They Be Allowed to Join NPC Chapters?

[AZTheta]

Don't think this is a good idea for NPC member sororities. I read the opinion piece and was disappointed that the writer had not done any research on NPC policies, as exlurker pointed out.

This is too messy, too many variables, too many qualifications to make it feasible (i.e it'll work if blah blah blah happens/is required/etc). So a spring admit pledges, and is initiated - and then transfers. Oh yeah. You can go on and on with the permutations. Have fun.

And as for the smallest chapter grabbing "some great women" - those great women likely don't have their sights set on XYZ. We all know this. No sense pretending otherwise in an attempt to justify this. That's a big stretch, and if you don't see the problem(s), there isn't anything else to be said.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

And as for the smallest chapter grabbing "some great women" - those great women likely don't have their sights set on XYZ. We all know this. No sense pretending otherwise in an attempt to justify this. That's a big stretch, and if you don't see the problem(s), there isn't anything else to be said.

I don't know much about UW, but I was under the impression that it isn't a school where most women know a ton about "tiers" prior to recruitment. I also have no idea how successful women are when rushing as juniors.

But in any case, my point was not that a weaker recruiting chapter should trick a woman into joining before she has seen all of her options, it was that a woman could pledge in time to live in the house her junior year, when that otherwise wouldn't be an option.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I don't know much about UW, but I was under the impression that it isn't a school where most women know a ton about "tiers" prior to recruitment. I also have no idea how successful women are when rushing as juniors.

But in any case, my point was not that a weaker recruiting chapter should trick a woman into joining before she has seen all of her options, it was that a woman could pledge in time to live in the house her junior year, when that otherwise wouldn't be an option.

I see. I was not interpreting "fill the house" in the physical sense. Appreciate your clarification, as will others, I'm sure.

As for "tiers", in this day and age of social media, it's endemic that people discuss reputations. Hell, it was endemic when I went through, and all we had were tom-toms and smoke signals and cans connected by strings and carrier pigeons (you get my drift).

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

I see. I was not interpreting "fill the house" in the physical sense. Appreciate your clarification, as will others, I'm sure.

Yeah, and I was thinking, "sign a housing contract," too, so you would know that the woman in question was committed. I'm sure that there are other issues I haven't thought of, but it seems like something at least worth exploring.

Originally Posted by AZTheta

As for "tiers", in this day and age of social media, it's endemic that people discuss reputations. Hell, it was endemic when I went through, and all we had were tom-toms and smoke signals and cans connected by strings and carrier pigeons (you get my drift).

Right, I take back the earlier statement. It's more that tiers are really a big ingrained deal at some schools, and less so at others, and I thought UW fell more towards the latter end of the spectrum.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

As for "tiers", in this day and age of social media, it's endemic that people discuss reputations. Hell, it was endemic when I went through, and all we had were tom-toms and smoke signals and cans connected by strings and carrier pigeons (you get my drift).

I hear Sigma Kappa uses carrier doves, and Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma use owls...

Yes, I'm being silly.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I hear Sigma Kappa uses carrier doves, and Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma use owls...

Yes, I'm being silly.

If they could use owls to deliver bids, they'd be the most popular sororities EVER!

"You're a Kappa, Harriet!"