NPC Rush - Can something be done to reduce/eradicate the number of "bidless" rushees?

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by Angels&Arrows
This might sound harsh... BUT...

Half the problem with rushees going bidless is the rushees themselves, the other half is the system...

I agree. In many cases, the schools with "cutthroat rush" are the ones where almost all the rushees going through have quite a bit of experience with Greek life and many of them have an idea of where they're going before rush even begins (i.e., "Even though we have twelve sororities, I will only accept a bid from Pi Phi, Tri Delt and Kappa"). It seems that some schools, for whatever reasons, attract a larger percentage of girls who have their minds made up before rush begins or who will only accept a bid from a couple of the campus's sororities. In that case, I don't feel sorry for the rushees who go bidless -- they put themselves in that situation.

However, if 90 percent of rushees all want the same three sororities, you have to start asking if there's a reason for that. Is it just that freshman superficiality of "I only want to be in the very top tier of sororities," or is it that the rest of the groups are just legitimately that much worse than the top three? If it's the latter, there is something seriously wrong with the Greek system. And ditto for the situations in which 9 out of 10 groups are making quota and the last group never will, yet Panhel refuses to allow expansion until the last group is full -- if you give them a year or two to shape up and they still can't, it's time to bring in another group.