Fraternity Recruitment - Harder Than Sorority Recruitment?

[Gusteau]

I think ree-Xi, Drolefille, and knight shadow all brought up a good point in that women often have fewer choices in recruitment which may skew the numbers you're looking at. This is not true for all campuses, but many have significantly more fraternities than sororities. Additionally if the NPCs on campus participate in formal recruitment they are set up to have some sort of new member class whereas a fraternity could have no one come through rush at all (discounting the few school that have formal IFC rush).

That being said, I don't think one system is easier or harder than the other; they're just different.

[33girl]

You can also compare this to women's rush in a large school in the North (Penn State) vs a large school in the south (U of Alabama). The pledge classes in the north are smaller than the ones in the south, but you'd have to be on crack to suggest that PSU's rush is harder than Bama's. The fact of the matter is, it is a regional thing - people in the north prefer more choices and smaller groups. This bears out time and time again.

I think it's much the same way for fraternities vs sororities. Men prefer more choices. At pretty much every school, as everyone has said, there are more fraternities than sororities (at some places it's almost 3 to 1). Just look at the amount of NIC members vs NPC members on a national basis!

If Greek membership at your school is skewed to the point that there are far more female MEMBERS in the system than male MEMBERS, or vice versa, then yes, there is something wrong that needs to be remedied.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by 33girl

You can also compare this to women's rush in a large school in the North (Penn State) vs a large school in the south (U of Alabama). The pledge classes in the north are smaller than the ones in the south, but you'd have to be on crack to suggest that PSU's rush is harder than Bama's. The fact of the matter is, it is a regional thing - people in the north prefer more choices and larger groups. This bears out time and time again.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the northern chapters of NPC sororities were typically smaller than their southern counterparts (Total = 300 at Ole Miss vs total = 100 at Michigan -- arbitrary numbers, but still...)?

Is my NPC knowledge fading?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the northern chapters of NPC sororities were typically smaller than their southern counterparts (Total = 300 at Ole Miss vs total = 100 at Michigan -- arbitrary numbers, but still...)?

Is my NPC knowledge fading?

No, I'm just typing too damn fast and will go and fix my post. Bwah.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by Jen

Aside from the fact it seems like there are more fraternities than sororities on campuses, I also feel like fraternity recruitment is less structured. It feels like if you're not as outgoing or proactive then it might be harder and cause more guys to drop or not even attempt it.

Whereas with sororities, you show up and they make sure you see all the groups and get to each house and it's far more organized, which I think with shy individuals or those that aren't as outgoing, it might make it easier to get involved.

Just a random thought.

That's pretty much why I think you can't really compare the two.

Originally Posted by 33girl

No, I'm just typing too damn fast and will go and fix my post. Bwah.

He's not messing around today...

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

I think ree-Xi, Drolefille, and kinght shadow all brought up a good point in that women often have fewer choices in recruitment which may skew the numbers you're looking at. This is not true for all campuses, but many have significantly more fraternities than sororities. Additionally if the NPCs on campus participate in formal recruitment they are set up to have some sort of new member class whereas a fraternity could have no one come through rush at all (discounting the few school that have formal IFC rush).

That being said, I don't think one system is easier or harder than the other; they're just different.

@ the bolded

But co-sign on the rest of your post.