how do you think the chapters will do this year?

Will rush well:
Alpha Phi
Theta
KD
Tri Delt
Kappa

Will rush ok:
DG
AEPhi
SDT

Will rush poorly:
Phi Sig
Pi Phi
AChiO
AXiD

I mostly agree with r2dt.

Alpha Phi will rush best out of the core 4 because they are the only core 4 that has the most 'pristine' reputation, and they have been doing better and better because of their sweet personality. A couple of things holding them back is how the rest of the core 4 shuts them out from 'exclusive' events, such as the gopink gala at alpha delt, and how their sweetness are easily misunderstood as too 'housewifey'. Overall, they are now the sorority that captures the best looking girls in the core 4, especially those who get turned off by the rest of the core 4's aggressiveness/fakeness/bad reputation.

Theta will rush moderately well, but it's not hard to rush better than they did last year, which was unfortunate because they usually have such gregarious personalities. However, they will still be somewhat held back by their newest PC during this coming rush. Still, the older girls have a strong reputation and good connections on campus, especially as leaders in professional organizations.

KD will rush best out of the middle tier, because they have been actively building up a campus presence and image over the past few years, especially after their house renovation. Personality-wise, they are also probably the nicest group of girls around, which has led to a quick rise to upper middle-tier from bottom tier in just 3 years. However, this also means that they may be held back by old stereotypes from previous years.

Will attract...
pretty/classy girls: APhi, KD, AXO,
partiers: Kappa, tridelt, azd
girls in it for exclusiveness: DG, Theta
sporty: Pi phi
everyone else: pss

Will theta and kappa try to be more selective this year in order to make up for 2012/2013? i.e. not take any transfers, etc?

in my opinion, what makes a good pledge class is good looks + personality. by cutting transfers/sophomores, i don't see how that results in a good pledge class if all the freshmen they get are not up to par anyways.

yeah I agree, I just heard people got bashed for taking sophs

this is all true^^^^^
but who knows whether houses will want to take sophomores... i guess we'll find out

Bump