Line Caps?

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by SummerChild

Maybe they have some sort of administrative or liability issue. Not sure.
For example, maybe some schools have to do processing before someone can submit themselves as a candidate for a sorority or fraternity. well if the "intake group" is hundreds then the candidate list would probably number well above that. it might be cumbersome for the school to handle.

Or maybe it's a liab issue. Maybe they have had problems when certain types of groups get too large ... any groups - maybe they'd have the same kind of cap for other orgs too - they just haven't been tested i guess. maybe they don't want that many of their students going through whatever process the sorority or fraternity has at that time. maybe they call themselves monitoring or something and they can only monitor so many. not sure but it might be some legitimate admin or liabl issue that doesn't really concern itself with just being in the business of the org. it might go for any org, it's just that no others probably test it out.

SC

I would consider the bolded to be a good reason -- thanks for submitting that!

For example, it might create a HUGE strain on the Registrar (grade verification), community service office (if there is one, for letters of recommendation), or other university office.

I didn't go to an HBCU, so I'm still learning.

[AKA_Monet]

At Spelman College, when I attended in the late 1980's, there were 300-400 girls showing up at Rush. All had the required documents. And there were interviews. There were no overrides by the graduate chapter or Regional Director and there was no legacy clause.

The GPA set by Spelman was 3.8 semester and 3.1 cumulative; first semester sophomore.

My line was huge. The line before me was rather large. And the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Eta Kappa Chapter had a significant numbered line in 1988, too.

Do you all have any concept of what it was like to be on line and having to go to the cafeteria to eat the same food 3X per day at the same time as everyone else for a solid 2 weeks?

Nonmember students could not get into the cafeteria to eat anything. It wasn't about seconds, because, we barely consumed food for all the other stuff we had to do. But, the school was not equipped to handle when an organization, outside of the school's mission had this kind of undertaking.

Also, when there is huge line, those that invariably got left off that line complained to the school and to International HQ. We got it all the time... We got threats by mothers whose daughters failed to make it. We got questions from Regional Directors, we got threats of pulling the line and allowing skating, we got humiliated by non-greeks.

But, my line, no matter how large, did stick it all the way through the entire course. So, we were rather well-respected. My line may have gotten threats to be pulled, but, we did all that were were supposed to do without huge incident.

Best thing that ever happened to me.

Certain activities, like "real probating" could not be done. Mixed lines, like one from one school vs. another--we had ivies from Morris Brown stop by and give us a chant--outlawed now. Flow of traffic was stopped. Environmental concerns. Crowd control. Public Safety issues, etc.

I can see why they Universities want to limit the number. Do I think they should? I don't know? The reality is HBCU's would be asking organizations to have multiple intakes per year, which is too much to ask on the young people.

We can resort to outright private selection and invitations.