Cuts are tough, but necessary. And it is all good!

I love our Panhellenic. But one thing they don’t do well is setting expectations. I am going to round the number, and not get into RFM etc, but the math here is accurate enough to explain the situation.

There are 1100 girls looking for a sorority. There are 11 chapters. If no gets cut, and no one drops out, each of our 11 chapters would welcome home 100 girls. PNMs are being sorted into 11 houses equally.

But recruitment is a show. And some groups are really good at putting on a show. They have people who are great with conversation and personality right up front. And of course everyone wants to be with them. But that isn’t how it works, that great house can only accept less than 10% of the girls going through. Think about that. The cuts are sometimes brutal because the process is there to make sure girls aren’t strung along by houses who have a great show, only to dump them on pref round.

The fact is all 11 houses are wonderful. There are great girls of every sort in each house. With hundred of girls in each house you can find your girl gang in any of the 11 houses. Having a preference is natural. But remember the end goal.

The only time this process doesn’t work is when “tent talk” and “Greek rank” somehow infiltrate the process to the point some people don’t want the house they are sorted into. And then the system fails. Someone somehow has convinced the PNM they have to be in a certain house or it is not worth. THEY ARE WRONG. Sisterhood is worth it.

Also mutual selection is a term that is used, but often is not exactly how it works. This site and that term make the PNM think they have more say into this process than they do. When really the PNM only has a say when they are down to 2 houses and get to rank them. At this point you know those two houses want you, and it is just a matter of where you fell on the list in a ranking. But both houses are great. So no one should be crying on bid day. Just might quit now if you think you might cry if you don’t get what you want.