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The challenge for Chi O now is overcoming perception. For many years Chi O has been all about Jackson girls and legacies so now even if you do take girls from elsewhere and who aren't legacies, you face what's called "perceived bias" - meaning girls still perceive you as only Jackson and legacy girls. The perception is also that your alums do all the choosing even more than DDD and KD. Perception bias works in many ways - PNMs perceive top tier houses as the "best" even if those houses are slipping or take girls that maybe only get into a top house due to connections or legacy status. Likewise you could have a lower tier house that actually takes girls that would go top tier if they knew girls in the top tier houses, but they are still perceived as lower tier. There are some very sharp girls in lower tier houses that would have gone top tier at a school where they knew girls. Every house, product, person, etc. is perceived in one way or another, for better or worse, and often it has nothing to do with reality. I know a girl you all wanted badly, but she chose DDD over you, so you are right, you are losing girls to other houses, but the perception of Jackson girls and legacies is still embedded. Chi O has some great girls but overcoming this negative perception will take a lot of work. I wish you all luck, I've known some great Chi O's and hate to see a strong house become so insular.