Sorority Expansion

[33girl]

Originally Posted by PKTsaluki

Also when Tri Sigma tried to recolonize, they only got nine girls during an informal rush during second semester when maybe a total of 20 girls try and rush each house. They could have been more successful if they waited until Fall 2009 to recruit which they did not.

This is exactly what a chapter trying to recolonize at my school did - they recruited during a formal rush period with the rest of the groups. So basically what happened is the rushees went from roomfuls of 18-21 year olds looking cute and singing songs and talking about mixers and other fun things, to a roomful of 25+ year old alumnae (many of whom weren't even from the campus) telling them about all the work they would have to do to build up a new chapter.

EPIC FAIL doesn't even begin to cover it and I really wish I knew what that group's HQ was smoking when they dreamed this plan up.

Girls going through regular formal rush are not necessarily the girls who want to be part of a colony. It's a LOT of work and that's why sorority colonies-to-be generally have one day at the beginning of formal rush to announce their presence and then bow out. All Tri Sigma would have accomplished if they did what you propose is probably wasting a lot more money on decorations and such.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by 33girl

This is exactly what a chapter trying to recolonize at my school did - they recruited during a formal rush period with the rest of the groups. So basically what happened is the rushees went from roomfuls of 18-21 year olds looking cute and singing songs and talking about mixers and other fun things, to a roomful of 25+ year old alumnae (many of whom weren't even from the campus) telling them about all the work they would have to do to build up a new chapter.

EPIC FAIL doesn't even begin to cover it and I really wish I knew what that group's HQ was smoking when they dreamed this plan up.

Girls going through regular formal rush are not necessarily the girls who want to be part of a colony. It's a LOT of work and that's why sorority colonies-to-be generally have one day at the beginning of formal rush to announce their presence and then bow out. All Tri Sigma would have accomplished if they did what you propose is probably wasting a lot more money on decorations and such.

That's how most colonizations are done. Interviews are conducted by a team of alumnae (old and new) and then another chapter is brought in to do a pref or other party. Very standard procedure.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Titchou

That's how most colonizations are done. Interviews are conducted by a team of alumnae (old and new) and then another chapter is brought in to do a pref or other party. Very standard procedure.

Yes, but they usually do it AFTER formal rush. This was running at exactly the same time, as if the colonization team was an active chapter. It's not the sort of school where the majority of people are familiar with how Greek life runs anyway, and many people sign up for rush at the last minute, so I'm sure that rushees walked into the room and saw women their mom's or aunt's age and said "WTF??"