Too fat to recruit: or, DePauw, the Sequel

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by dgdramadawg

But she'll be more likely to remember if a woman looks very different from the rest of the women she meets. It doesn't make her a bad rusher. It's just the way things are. Yeah, it sucks. But we can't pretend that recruitment isn't superficial.

It's unfortunate that so many women view recruitment as so superficial. Also--did you ever consider the fact that a PNM might view it as a POSITIVE that this woman looks dramically different than the other women? Not all women who just go into college simply want to be in a house full of Barbies, whether it's an SEC school or not.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

It's unfortunate that so many women view recruitment as so superficial. Also--did you ever consider the fact that a PNM might view it as a POSITIVE that this woman looks dramically different than the other women? Not all women who just go into college simply want to be in a house full of Barbies, whether it's an SEC school or not.

KathyKD,

You might need to check the relationship between return rates and in-chapter percentage of Barbies before you throw out a claim like that. I'm afraid the reality of the situation might crush your spirits.

In my experience, chapter image problems are never a one girl issue.

ETA: I don't mean that image problems are more substantial or real than one girl at all. I mean they are usually way less specific factors of undesirability in the eyes of PNMs: tent talk, reputation, having problems with chapter size, etc.

[PeppyGPhiB]

So...what about the ugl, er, "less attractive" girls? Do they have to stay away too? Who gets to make the decision of who is cute enough? And how do they tell them?

I don't know how anyone could be so cold and soul-less to break their sisters' spirit like that. If I were that consultant, I couldn't do it, and I'd tell HQ that.

[Tippiechick]

This thread needs to die. It is going nowhere.