Declining to Participate in Formal Recruitment

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I would do a search for this, but I'm afraid I wouldn't have the proper terms.

1) Is participating in formal recruitment a requirement for NPC sororities?

2) Can a chapter opt out of formal recruitment if they find that the COB process works better for them? (Assuming they will not be penalized for a smaller pledge class than the rest of the chapters on campus)

3) On your campuses, would/do/have Jewish sororities found it more beneficial to have a COB process than formal recruitment?

I KNOW we discussed this before, but I have no idea where.

1. No it is not required. There are a couple of campuses that I know of that a chapter that is new or newer or a struggling chapter does not participate.
2. I don't know the official answer, but it does happen on some campuses.
3. Yes and no. Of course, when I was in school, we had 3 traditionally Jewish sororities, all participated in Formal. Two of the three, at that time, always reached quota so COB was never a big issue unless they had members graduate or drop out. Since that time, only one traditionally Jewish sorority is still there and they do very well during formal. I do know that AEPhi at Miami University does not participate in formal, but they just restablished last year (I think).