1951 Admission Boom to the NPC

[APhiAnna]

I think it is harder for fraternities to understand because their membership selection process, from what I've gathered from guy friends, much simpler and much looser (in terms of the fact that there are few strict guidelines from their nationals...some chapters seem to just make up their own ways of voting).

For sororities it is extremely complicated. I mean, and I hope this doesn't give away anything, if it does let me know and I'll delete this post, I know for a fact our recruitment book outlining our HQ's guidelines is something like 150 pages. Plus one of my acquaintances quit her sorority and committed a huge "no-no" and told me the basic way they select members...it was a complete 180 from anything we do.

So essentially, due to how insanely complicated sorority recruitment can get, NPC may dictate certain rules for recruitment, but individual sororities have developed extremely complex and intricate membership selection processes that seem to differ widely.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by APhiAnna

I think it is harder for fraternities to understand because their membership selection process, from what I've gathered from guy friends, much simpler and much looser (in terms of the fact that there are few strict guidelines from their nationals...some chapters seem to just make up their own ways of voting).

While there is some truth to that, I don't think that's what's going on here. I think that here, TSteven simply used "membership selection" in the broadest possible sense so as to include anything that in any organization and any umbrella groups might be related to the recruitment and selection of new members. Others read "membership selection" in a narrower sense based on the practices of their own organizations and umbrella group. That's all.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

While there is some truth to that, I don't think that's what's going on here. I think that here, TSteven simply used "membership selection" in the broadest possible sense so as to include anything that in any organization and any umbrella groups might be related to the recruitment and selection of new members. Others read "membership selection" in a narrower sense based on the practices of their own organizations and umbrella group. That's all.

Thank you MysticCat. My discussion of membership selection is in the broadest sense and how it (i.e. any part of it) might apply to oldu's speculation of various sororities coming under a common jurisdiction (umbrella group).