Texas A&M Recruitment...as a junior?

[gee_ess]

Regarding recs - the actives have to use them effectively in order to match pnms with actives,and many times they do not. If a pnm is repeatedly talking to a girl she has nothing in common with, then the person not doing their homework is the active not the pnm.

Despite the side scuffle between pabeta1530 and others, this thread has been a great addition to the recruitment thread simply for the discussion about why and how a PNM ranks and eventually rejects a particular house.

[Mevara]

Originally Posted by gee_ess

Regarding recs - the actives have to use them effectively in order to match pnms with actives,and many times they do not. If a pnm is repeatedly talking to a girl she has nothing in common with, then the person not doing their homework is the active not the pnm.

Do chapters really match similar actives to pnms during recruitment? Is this only at small schools?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Mevara

Do chapters really match similar actives to pnms during recruitment? Is this only at small schools?

Not every girl at every party, but yes some chapters do match actives with PNMs who have similar interests or from the same hometown.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Mevara

Do chapters really match similar actives to pnms during recruitment? Is this only at small schools?

Not so much the size of the school but the size of the chapter. If you're at a school where the chapters are 50-60 women you can meet a good many of them during rush anyway so I don't see the point of "matching" people. This kind of thing is more important in huge chapters (100+) where meeting the person you have something in common with can be a crapshoot.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Not so much the size of the school but the size of the chapter. If you're at a school where the chapters are 50-60 women you can meet a good many of them during rush anyway so I don't see the point of "matching" people. This kind of thing is more important in huge chapters (100+) where meeting the person you have something in common with can be a crapshoot.

Most of our chapters have 35-45 returning women every fall (IIRC total is 55) and my chapter does make an effort to match. As a PNM I remember at least two others did, too. I think it's a good idea because barring the PNMs who list an activity they don't actually participate in any longer, it increases the chances of having a good conversation. It was helpful to me as a PNM to be paired with actives that could talk about things I was interested in and understood because otherwise I was fairly quiet. There are usually 90-115 PNMs so most actives will have a conversation with every one at some point during the week, but still. And it was extremely helpful to me as an active, too.

It's also very easy in a chapter that size to think up 3 sisters with the same interest as the PNM on the spot since all of the actives know enough about each other to know who loves sports, who is an English major, etc. So there's always the chance to create a match during the party.