Cutting heavily vs. not cutting at all...

[justamom]

So many "truths" in this thread.

CarolinaDG-. Especially since a lot of my pledge class preffed one of the larger sororities and still went DG. I know I personally want to make sure that the girl sitting next to me in chapter meetings is "DG quality" and I would be insulted if we just started taking anyone just so we met quota.
Is this a natioal policy? My daughter said something similar during their recrutment.

Carnation-Then they kept it up! I mean, how many times do you have to say no? I felt sorry for them but when I pledged, I wanted it to be a group I was proud of. I think this happens on a lot of campuses. I too agree, a PNM should feel special.


Dionysus- They don't commit suicide by doing so, however many PNM's do! They have the qualities that turns a lot of PNMs on. So yes in this case being more selective does make a sorority more desirable. I certainly agree with this-and THIS is a BIG problem!

FuzzieAlumI don't think a group should cut HEAVILY unless release numbers require it, but the PNMs definitely notice when a group doesn't cut at all. They think, "Oh, they just want girls, period, they must be desperate, it's not that they want ME." DITTO!

AOIIalum I agree with your entire post!!!I think that a sorority that is rumored to invite everyone back may look like it takes anyone. Of course, we all know that appearances aren't always everything, but to some PNMs appearances often ARE everything. It's human nature. The spoken word is a scary thing. A newer chapter on campus often will invite back as many as they can, because they are trying to establish themselves. But, as XYZ becomes well-established, perhaps they start to cut heavier each year. Unfortunately, the perception that 'XYZ always invites everyone back' may stick around for years, even if it's not true. Am I making sense? Yes, you are!I think that at my school at that time, the PNMs looked more at how many girls were waiting to go into each sorority before parties. They noticed if a sorority only had 2 parties on a 3 party night, or one pref instead of two. A sorority with 30-40 or more girls going to each pref (with quota in the high teens/low 20s then) got the "boy, everyone wants to be THERE." Another ditto!