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I am very supportive of 7 and 8. They should be given every advantage and every consideration by potential new members. But 200 women dropping out is roughly 26 percent of the women in the freshman class (200 / (1,522 x .5). Those numbers cannot be ignored. This post assumes (and it's a big assumption) that all 200 transfer solely because of they did not get a bid to a sorority they wanted. Using the numbers posted on SMU's website (current through 2016), the 200 women transferring would represent about a 13 percent attrition rate (200/1,522). (Interestingly, 1,723 bachelor's degrees were conferred 2015-2016.) Whether SMU actually takes any action on this would depend of whether transfers can replace the number of students lost. If 13 percent of the freshman class leaves solely because of sorority rush experience, it will get the attention of SMU's administration. If 26 percent of the women in the freshman class (200 / (1,522 x .5)) actually leave solley because of their rush experience, it will definitely get the attention of SMU's administration. It would be difficult to believe that SMU would not take any action at all. But if they do, they may move slower on changes than what would be acceptable to those complaining on this site. I suspect that if all 200 students actually complain (and not just complain on Greek Rank), those complaints really cannot be ignored by SMU's administration. The real question to consider: Will 200 students leave SMU just because of this?