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Those of you slamming our recruitment process here have never experienced it and have no idea what the members and PNMs face. True, we are very steeped in tradition and have a very old and established Greek system. But we also deal with some issues similar systems do not face to such an extreme.
It is a EXTREMELY difficult to get accepted into Texas. In essence, every PNM was in the top 10% of her graduating class, so grade cuts are almost non-existent. We're talking high achievers here with loads of activities and involvement. They also come with lots of recs and it sometimes seems like everyone is a legacy.
Without going into membership selection details, I will tell you that it is unbelievably difficult to differentiate between PNMs and make cuts when we're starting out with 800 girls and release numbers are extremely brutal. Every year there are tons of wonderful PNMs who get cut hard and early.
The good news is that we do have guaranteed placement, so if a PNM gets to pref, she will get a bid. However, so many PNMs decide beforehand that they must be a member of a particular group of seven sororities, so they do not give the others a chance. It's a vicious cycle. With the exception of two, all the chapters here are huge. Almost everyone can find a home if they keep an open mind and
And yes, it is either Texas or UT. No one familiar with our university or any of the other public schools in Texas would know it by any other name or refer to any of the UT system schools as such.
One last thing ... not all of our chapters have web sites and the ones that do don't show photos of every member; not even close. Please don't pass judgment based on a small snapshot of the sororities here simply because you've seen something on the internet.
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