Too fat to recruit: or, DePauw, the Sequel

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

Been there done that. Chose not to recruit solely for the sake of having warm bodies to keep the house operational.

Please don't blast me for this, but are you saying that your chapter closed?

Do you think it served the sisterhood better not to exist on that campus than it would have to recruited differently?

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

Please don't blast me for this, but are you saying that your chapter closed?

Do you think it served the sisterhood better not to exist on that campus than it would have to recruited differently?

Yes -- we closed.

Yes -- I think ZTA is better for being off Ole Miss' campus than to be beating our heads against a brick wall trying to change a stereotype we got years before I ever arrived on campus.

We tried several DIFFERENT recruiting methods suggested to us by national consultants. In the end, all of us agreed that the stereotype was so huge that we could never overcome it.

Yes, I think we were better off keeping our sisterhood true than if we had just gotten ANYONE to join. After all, doesn't that defeat the purpose of having our special groups?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

Yes -- we closed.

Yes -- I think ZTA is better for being off Ole Miss' campus than to be beating our heads against a brick wall trying to change a stereotype we got years before I ever arrived on campus.

We tried several DIFFERENT recruiting methods suggested to us by national consultants. In the end, all of us agreed that the stereotype was so huge that we could never overcome it.

Yes, I think we were better off keeping our sisterhood true than if we had just gotten ANYONE to join. After all, doesn't that defeat the purpose of having our special groups?

I don't think the answer is ever just getting anyone to join, and I think at some campuses, it's really hard to overcome a lot of factors beyond your control.

You just have to do the best you can, and not shoot yourself in the foot when it can be avoided, like Carnation's comment about what picture was selected for the recruitment guide that I think was misinterpreted to be about girls in the photo.

Is it hiding members to try to put flattering pictures in the recruitment guide? I'd say no since not everyone is probably going to be in the photos anyway.