Capitalist vs. Socialistic

[BrandNewAdvisor]

Originally Posted by naraht

The Fraternities rush capitalistically, the Sororities rush socialistically.

I wouldn't say that sorority recruitment is socialist.
XYZ is small and works really hard at preparing for recruitment, but they have a bad reputation and take only a few members.
ABC is huge and doesn't really prepare and coasts along on a good reputation and take quota plus.
Even though XYZ works hard and needs more members it's not going to get them.
Granted over time XYZ's work would eventually pay off but that would require them to survive until that happens.
ABC's lack of work would eventually have a negative effect but if they are popular and consistently attract the popular types it would be easy to just coast.
Sororities have a say on who to take and pnms have a say on who they want to join (if at all).

It's been said before somewhere on here that women think that sorority makes them and men think that they make their fraternity. The systems have to be different to work with this.

A strong sorority has the Walmart effect. Some small business will make it, lots will fail and it's much harder for them to start and grow. For the pnms, even if you don't love Walmart it can end up being the only place to shop and even if it's not, it's just easier to go there since it's where everyone else goes. There's always going to be a higher price at the smaller/less popular sorority.

A strong fraternity is like a large boutique. If you don't like the stuff you are going to shop elsewhere. Some boutiques are larger than others but there isn't a change in cost. There isn't the criticism and rejection from the peer group. It isn't that big of a deal to prefer a less popular chapter.

I was in the least popular sorority and my fiance was in the least popular fraternity. My sisters and I were constantly working on how to fix ourselves, improve our social calendar etc to be on par with the other sororities. The guys didn't do anything or have anything less than the largest fraternity.

/moderately disappointed in my gender/

[33girl]

The CONCEPT of rush is textbook socialist, but of course the results are not (much like real socialism).

As far as the guys not having "anything less" than the largest fraternity, I'm guessing the guys who got absolutely no play from the most popular sorority girls because of the fraternity they were were in would disagree.

And as far as the popular sorority coasting, it depends on where you are, but in line with the culture's increasingly short term memory and instant nostalgia, you can't do this as much as you used to.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by BrandNewAdvisor

I wouldn't say that sorority recruitment is socialist.
XYZ is small and works really hard at preparing for recruitment, but they have a bad reputation and take only a few members.
ABC is huge and doesn't really prepare and coasts along on a good reputation and take quota plus.
Even though XYZ works hard and needs more members it's not going to get them.
Granted over time XYZ's work would eventually pay off but that would require them to survive until that happens.
ABC's lack of work would eventually have a negative effect but if they are popular and consistently attract the popular types it would be easy to just coast.
Sororities have a say on who to take and pnms have a say on who they want to join (if at all).

It's been said before somewhere on here that women think that sorority makes them and men think that they make their fraternity. The systems have to be different to work with this.

A strong sorority has the Walmart effect. Some small business will make it, lots will fail and it's much harder for them to start and grow. For the pnms, even if you don't love Walmart it can end up being the only place to shop and even if it's not, it's just easier to go there since it's where everyone else goes. There's always going to be a higher price at the smaller/less popular sorority.

Does your campus use RFM?

[BrandNewAdvisor]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Does your campus use RFM?

On my campus of initiation they switched to it my junior year. When I joined my chapter they were at their lowest point and if girls were only invited to our pref they dropped and if they had two, suicided 99% of the time.

The campus I just started advising at does use it and has been for a while.