Random: Recruitment

[virgo921]

Originally Posted by bejazd

Junior League??? is that even popular anywhere these days?

It's tough to get women I know to go to a PTA meeting!

JLW is VERY popular out this way and most of our members work outside the home and plenty have children.

[exlurker]

Myth #5 (?): IF a sorority cuts someone, that means they didn't like her or there's something wrong with her

It ain't necessarily so. Every member that a PNM met may have thought she was likeable, fun, and potentially an okay addition to the house. But the reality of the release figures / quota-total system (or other system for some schools like Indiana U that go their own distinctive way) can mean that X number of PNMs must be cut by a house.

Admittedly, it's not very comforting to realize that some cuts can be part of a numbers game of sorts. On the other hand, obsessing over "why didn't they like me"
may be a case of missing the point about what really happened.

By the way, NUBlue&Blue gave great advice, IMHO: "keep your mouth shut" about reputations, what chapters you did or didn't like and why, etc. You never know who's listening and, equally important, who they may be "reporting" to. Ideally the other PNMs in a recrutiment group or in the dorm will never be on the phone or IMing with friends or biological sisters already in sororities, and would never talk to mothers who are alums. On this sad little planet called Earth, though, you never can tell.

[CZAXOTerp]

Originally Posted by exlurker

By the way, NUBlue&Blue gave great advice, IMHO: "keep your mouth shut" about reputations, what chapters you did or didn't like and why, etc. You never know who's listening and, equally important, who they may be "reporting" to. Ideally the other PNMs in a recrutiment group or in the dorm will never be on the phone or IMing with friends or biological sisters already in sororities, and would never talk to mothers who are alums.

I just wanted to 2nd this- I am sure we all have heard stories similar to this- my best friend's cousin is 5 yrs younger than me, she went to my alma mater. Her freshman year I took her cousin to an early season b-ball game @ my school and we met up w/ her cousin. I asked how her 1st semester was going & if she was going to rush- she said yes, and asked if I had been in a house, I told her my affiliation and she said "Oh" then told me that she was really only interested in a few chapters and named them- none of them being mine. I told her that she should go into rush with an open mind because you never know.

Sure enough spring rolls around, she goes through and she accepts a bid to my chapter. I was a little surprised, but happy to call her my sister.... still it caused me to chuckle and think a little bit of "what if..."

[xyzalliemarie]

Yep, my neice was a triple legacy and didn't get a bid-----and 2 of her sisters were legacies at this house; the other sister was at an SEC school. I would love to PM you about this sometime.

[KSUViolet06]

This is something random for those chapters that might be struggling with numbers.

In the most recent Triangle, chapters shared their recruitment successes. One in particular stood out in my mind. A chapter (at a small school with just one other sorority that had about 40 girls) started the school year with just nine girls!

They made up in their minds that they were going to succeed at recruitment this year. They invited other Sigma chapters to help them witgh workshops and conversation. They took quota of 15 during recruitment.

They were pretty excited about that, and figured that if they can do well with formal recruitment, they can certainly have a successful informal as well. They had a week of informal recruitment (and an AMAZING turnout) and ended up with a spring new member class of 30 women.

I just wanted to share this as inspiration and to show you that it can happen

[FSUZeta]

jocelyn, that is so great!! i love to hear chapters who pull up their bootstraps and vow to succeed at recruitment. those women should be in the running for some major award!!

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

jocelyn, that is so great!! i love to hear chapters who pull up their bootstraps and vow to succeed at recruitment. those women should be in the running for some major award!!

They're nominated for some of the major awards at Convention this year, one of which being Recruitment Execellence.

In addition, they were named Chapter of the Year on their campus (out of 1 other NPC & 4 IFC fraternities).