My Colony Recruitment Experience

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Originally Posted by AzTheta

Hardly the case!

Colonies, from my observation, are as competitive and selective as Formal Recruitment. The colony needs to select the strongest class possible, to form a strong chapter from the outset and to be "competitive" with the established chapters. There is so much at stake and so much that goes into MS, and the interview process is designed - no, I've said enough.

That mindset of "I didn't succeed in FR, I'll try the colony" seldom, if ever, works out for the PNM.

You better believe it.

There's a FB group for women trying to bring a particular sorority back to their university. They seem to have all the wrong ideas about the process:

"Hey girls! So here's what's up.
------- is a sorority that used to be on the ----- campus and we want to bring it back. We're looking for enthusiastic girls who would be interested in joining that didn't think any of the other sororities already on campus were a good match for them and would want to help create a new chapter. Don't worry, there won't be that agony that came with rush week, it's much much much more laid back. This is a really unique opportunity because we get to build our reputation and choose new traditions for ------ at the ------. Our job is to find girls who are interested in creating a new chapter, so that way we can bring the big shots from the ----- corporate here to help take the next steps. If you're interested e-mail or talk to ---, -----, or -----"