The economy and NPC Recruitment at very large/competitive Greek schools

[28StGreek]

Oh good points KSUViolet06 and many thank for digging up that thread.

"More women are coming in as sophs and juniors from close-to-home CCs (where they stayed for the first 2 years to save money.)"

- So would this mean the non-freshman stigma at the big super competitive schools diminish. I know at USC sophomore and even junior transfers are not necessarily an automatic cut from recruitment.

"Or, more women who would have gone out of state are staying home and going to UF, UA, etc."

"If anything, aren't there MORE PNMs now at some of the big Southern flagships (because of the "stay home and go to UA to save money" factor?)"

- True that, but with the analysis of the bid lists from Bama and Auburn last fall, if anything there were more PNMs from out-of-state than ever before? Confusing. Or is it that PNM from out-of-state may perhaps have more disposable income, or the benefits of finding a community to thrive in a new place is worth it?

I guess what I was really trying to get at is if recruitment at those schools will significantly change/be affected. Not to belittle no-frills recruitment; but I can't help but assume that full-frills recruitment has an inherent higher cost to the chapters in general. And by extension at these schools recruitment registration fees tend to be much higher than average.

[AnchorAlumna]

My answers in RED.

Originally Posted by 28StGreek

Oh good points KSUViolet06 and many thank for digging up that thread.

"More women are coming in as sophs and juniors from close-to-home CCs (where they stayed for the first 2 years to save money.)" Not as many as you might think. If they did that, they more likely are money-aware enough that they don't consider joining a sorority.

- So would this mean the non-freshman stigma at the big super competitive schools diminish. I know at USC sophomore and even junior transfers are not necessarily an automatic cut from recruitment. Honestly, it never was that big of a deal to begin with for sophomores. There's no huge numbers of upperclassmen that try it. For juniors though, it's a LOT harder.

"Or, more women who would have gone out of state are staying home and going to UF, UA, etc."

"If anything, aren't there MORE PNMs now at some of the big Southern flagships (because of the "stay home and go to UA to save money" factor?)"

- True that, but with the analysis of the bid lists from Bama and Auburn last fall, if anything there were more PNMs from out-of-state than ever before? Confusing. Or is it that PNM from out-of-state may perhaps have more disposable income, or the benefits of finding a community to thrive in a new place is worth it? This is exactly it. They're paying the triple OOS tuition, so they've already got money. They're coming from OOS and don't know many people, so it's a way to connect. And they've got the money to do it.

I guess what I was really trying to get at is if recruitment at those schools will significantly change/be affected. Not to belittle no-frills recruitment; but I can't help but assume that full-frills recruitment has an inherent higher cost to the chapters in general. And by extension at these schools recruitment registration fees tend to be much higher than average.

Don't know enough to answer that one, but I have been surprised by the cost of recruitment registration the last couple of years.