2nd semester sorority rush!!

it will go one of two ways. either more girls will come out to recruitment because they realized that being in a sorority is not all the movies make it out to be, or fewer girls go through because they already made their friends and don't need another obligation. on the one hand, GW does have a strong turn out every year for upperclassmen in recruitment, which suggests that girls who don't go through as a freshman realize that greek life is more than just the stereotypes and they want to be a part of something they feel would be beneficial. on the other hand, GW also has a low retention rate, lots of chapter closures in recent history, and last year's recruitment had a smaller turnout than years before.

It can also change the way that sororities are viewed by PNMs. it's pretty easy to keep up a facade of sisterhood during the first few weeks, but PNMs will see sorority members in their classes, in their student orgs, and out at parties. This means they either get bombarded with dirty rushing through sanctioned interactions, or they realize that the stereotypes of "xyz is the hottest" or "abc is only for awkward rejects" aren't true, because they've met more girls in more chapters. Again, could go either way.

I think the freshman are going to go through dead set on one chapter and then be really sad when they get dropped.

I'd be interested in seeing how it changes in terms of numbers. Will more PNMs rush? Will more PNMs sign the MRABA? Will quota be lower because we're back up to 11 chapters? Will Theta's PC be significantly larger than the other chapters through QAs to try to get up to total? What does this mean for Pike? Deferred recruitment changes a lot of things.

Will other sororities make bigger cuts to help out theta?

While registration isn't closed yet, I have heard that registration for PNMs is down this year. Given that total is 118 and Theta is still quite below that, and how quota is calculated, I presume they will be making up for the difference somehow, whether it be through snap bids or COB throughout the spring. Being so much smaller is understandable before having a formal recruitment, but if they continue being 20+ below total, I doubt their nationals will be too pleased.

according to Panhel, there are only 280 PNMs signed up for recruitment right now. I know there's usually a big push right before recruitment starts, but as it stands if every PNM were to complete the process, quota would be 25, and we all know not every PNM completes the process. That's like half of last year, and last year was a low year. This whole deferred recruitment thing might have been a really bad idea...

does anyone know what the shirts the PNMs have to wear look like?