I love the recruitment process at my D’s Southern LAC. Part of the reason they have such a high percentage of Greeks is that the system is very inclusive.
They rush second semester. Rush lasts slightly less than a week. There’s not a lot of emphasis on dress. No recommendations are required because many of the sororities are local (the fraternities are mainly national with a few local). The girls are required to visit each house over the first two days. After that, they return to the houses THEY choose - the houses don’t cut them during the week. The last night, to be guaranteed a bid, they need to return to 4 houses. The girls preference the houses and then get their bids two days later.
Girls who don’t get their first or second choice sometimes drop and go back through upperclass Rush the following Fall. It’s unusual for a girl not to get her preferred house during upperclass Rush.
The houses have very different personalities and there seems to be a house to suit nearly everyone. A lot of girls who don’t fit the sorority girl stereotype (i.e. girls with green hair, nose rings, tattoos, LGBT, etc) find themselves in a sorority.