I think that because last Fall, only 6 of 14 chapters could participate in informal recruitment (of those 6, 4 could take 10 or fewer NMs), the culture changed at Maryland. PNMs are getting the message that formal recruitment is the time to join, that they can't just suicide/drop out if they don't like the chapters they have left and try again in the fall. Although interest has certainly increased, it hasn't doubled, since every chapter used to participate in informal recruitment in the fall (taking NM classes of 10-12 on average).
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