New Sorority extenstion

Motherdear
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:01:18 +0000

Dima has a couple of good points. BTW, how was your study abroad? :)

The girls who get no bids at all are usually the ones that do not keep an open mind. At W&L, Round 2 is the potential for 4 parties. If a PNM gets invited back to all 5 from the previous round, she has a decision to make as she has to cut 1. She can do what is called “regrets with interest” so if some fluke occurs and none of her 4 invite her to Round 3, she can reactivate the group she had to cut. Sometimes a PNM will get receive fewer invitations than the total number of parties for a particular round and that’s when the Rho Gammas encourage the PNM to attend all parties to which she is invited. Unfortunately PNMs have preconceived notions about the houses (just one hazard of deferred recruitment) and some PNMs think that they could never fit in the socialite/athletic/academic stereoptype group.

In terms of chapter size, I do find it ironic how large the Panhel orgs are as compared to the size of the Generals student body. To have quota of 34 (which translates to chapters of over 120 each) at a school that only has 225-250 women per class is quite amazing.

There is a report on the W&L website published in Fall of '05 stating the need for a 6th women’s GLO. The report points out that the houses were built to accomodate an 80-member chapter. This does not mean 80 girls live in the house, just that each of the dining rooms have 80 chairs for meals. It also mentions the fact that so many students come to W&L partly due to its size and intimate feel.

The houses are gorgeous and impressive, not just to the young women but to their old fogie parents who show up for Parents’ Weekend and take the sorority house tour. As an advisor for my GLO for many years at many different chapters, the W&L Panhel Row is one of the best I’ve seen.