Worth Going Through Informal as a Soph after getting dropped?

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

This is not how recruitment works. I'm sorry you were dropped, but even on the most competitive campuses (and they aren't on the west coast) chapters don't "take" less than half of PNMs. Read a little on the recruitment forum and you'll understand the process a little better. Informal may be a more laid back atmosphere for you, but depending on the chapter, they may have very few open spots to go around. That being said, you'll never get a bid if you don't try.

I usually don't obsess over things, but I am starting to feel like it is my Greekchat mission in life to stop the myth that there is a predetermined number of available spots in formal recruitment. Between the moms and PNMs who perpetuate this falsity, it is driving me crazy.