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Originally Posted by BamaMama
If a new group colonized AFTER formal recruitment, wouldn't that put them somewhat at a disadvantage starting out? It seems that the "prime" PNMs would have already pledged another group - leaving them with girls that didn't go through recruitment, dropped out for one reason or another, or were totally dropped by all the other groups. Group reputation is so strong at a school like Bama, and if you start out with the reputation of pledging anyone that didn't get a bid somewhere else, it's hard to shake that image, isn't it?
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This is true for many colleges. At Washington and Lee, were 80% of women are Greek (it's higher for men), the successful colonizations have occurred when the new sorority actually participates in formal recruitment. In 1991, the first time W&L tried to expand, the group tried to recruit after formal recruitment, and failed--the chapter was never even installed. In 1992 and 1997, when Pi Phi and KD respectively colonized, they went through formal recruitment. The new groups were given a quota of campus total, and the old groups divided up what was left via normal quota procedures. This is also planned to be the process for any future W&L recruitments.
I know for a fact that in 1992 when Pi Phi was colonized the William & Mary undergrad chapter was brought in to run recruitment along with the alumnae and national representatives.
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