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Chapters are the only ones who can give out a bid. Therefore they're the ones who have a much greater factor in the selection process. I know there are the ends of the bell curve where a everybody's rush crush with more invites than parties available has all the power to choose. I know of one girl who had two older sisters who were chapter alumna, including one who was the President, yet she preffed at a different house because she just connected with those girls better. And then on the GLO side, at the lower end of the spectrum to put it bluntly they list as many girls as they hope to get to try and meet quota. I know that isn't how it happens everywhere, but it is a harsh truth at some chapters. |
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I know what you are saying. But on that all important first day(s) of IWT the Chapters have all the power. The situation does get more mutual towards pref.
The three mid performing chapters than PNM Polly goes back to was because she had already been cut by the 'top' chapters. I know tiers is a topic that is taboo on GC, but lets face it at some schools PNM Polly is only hoping for 3-4 chapters when recruitment begins. And I am well aware that "every school has tiers", but every school has football teams too, and some are just in a different league. I think in some situations its can be a disservice to PNM Polly to make the process sounds egalitarian. Otherwise we'd never get all those: "Why didn't I get a bid' stories. The majority of them didn't get a bid because they didn't stay the course and go back to the parties they had, and they dropped out of recruitment because they were cut by the chapters they wanted, thus shows the power structure between the Chapter and PNM on Day 1. I don't mean to sound condescending its just I know my verbosity has a habit of making myself poorly understood. I totally apologize for that happening! NB: Probably the most common comment i get back from professors: "Please rewrite this paragraph, I don't understand what you are trying to say" |
The women who are saying "we HAD to give skanky stella a bid"? That dictate is coming down from their hq. Hq can tell you who (or more precisely, how many) to bid under threat of discipline. Panhel can not.
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Wasn't there some discussion recently about the way PNMs in their stories were no longer "cutting" chapters, but doing something else like "ranking", which showed that some Panhels were getting the message across that when a PNM ranks the chapters after the parties, there was a chance that the lower ranked ones would appear on their next invite list.
I only remember because the difference in terminology (from 'I cut x chapter' to 'I ranked? x chapter') was quite clear, but I can't remember which stories they were eta: KSUViolet bumped the thread I was thinking about. Having the PNMs rank "back-ups" or "alternates" instead of cutting could help some of the misconceptions about rush if I understand correctly |
I also wonder if it hurts the weaker chapters that the top X number are all #1, and then the "back-ups" are ranked. Basically, the PNM's have to think about which chapters they like the least, but not which chapters they like the best. It's subtle, but I think that it makes PNM's really focus on the bad.
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There are schools where there is a struggling chapter, but it's still a very competitive campus where girls get cut out of the process completely after round 1 or 2. That means that struggling chapter still had the upper hand in deciding they didn't want a girl who probably would have accepted them, even though it would be her last choice. That is not mutual. ... and then I went off on a tangent about selection and crazy ways of doing it and decided to self-edit. You're welcome. |
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