Out-of-state makes it harder to get a bid?

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by mommamagnolia

They don't do it anymore because their headquarters cracked down. But one house at Alabama used to give you extra points for coming from certain high schools and take away points if you went to others.

I don't know about taking it to that extreme, but I can understand a Chapter looking at their invitation/Bid List and taking locations into consideration. A Chapter on a competitive campus needs to think about it's members hometowns. You need diversity to have a better chance of knowing PNMs from that location. Also it can be a selling point to PNMs if a member is from their hometown/high school, even better if the PNMs know them or at least knows of them.

Something else to consider. Even if it were by complete coincidence, if a large percentage of members are from the same hometown/HS then a Chapter can get the reputation of ONLY taking members from that hometown/HS. PNMs may cut the Chapter because they assume it's only a matter of time before the Chapter cuts them since they aren't from there.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by Zillini

I don't know about taking it to that extreme, but I can understand a Chapter looking at their invitation/Bid List and taking locations into consideration. A Chapter on a competitive campus needs to think about it's members hometowns. You need diversity to have a better chance of knowing PNMs from that location. Also it can be a selling point to PNMs if a member is from their hometown/high school, even better if the PNMs know them or at least knows of them.

Something else to consider. Even if it were by complete coincidence, if a large percentage of members are from the same hometown/HS then a Chapter can get the reputation of ONLY taking members from that hometown/HS. PNMs may cut the Chapter because they assume it's only a matter of time before the Chapter cuts them since they aren't from there.

Good post Zillini.

Sometimes I find that us guys take hometowns more seriously than the sororities do. But it's an important factor.