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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - sure, APhi took a bunch of seniors in August that graduated in December. LMAO no, seniors aren't 'free' and do count against upperclassmen quota, which was 5. Talk about "twisting". No sorority takes graduating seniors and they don't rush anyway because THEY ARE GRADUATING. Chapters lose members between Fall and Spring at around 7% of their fall membership. APhi lost 13% this year. Last year they lost 29% and had to COB 50 (next highest COB was DG at 19). Drops are a consistent condition with APhi and it takes more than a Greekrank understanding to comprehend RETENTION. Chapter size is not a sign of strength because the NPC system of RFM and House Total is designed to maintain equity among the chapters, funneling more pnm's to weaker recruiting chapters and resetting the House Total each semester to the number that most benefits houses with weaker retention so they can COB. If a house's RFM numbers give them 30% more NM's than the next highest class so they can get their numbers up, that is not strength, it's a crutch bestowed by RFM. If a house has to COB at least 200% (or higher) than the next highest COB house EVERY SPRING to get their numbers up AGAIN even after an enormous fall class, that is not strength, that is also a crutch. If they were more desired in recruitment they would not have so many pnm's funneled to them, and if their retention was higher their COB numbers wouldn't be so high. To use your example of Zeta, as someone else (who seems to actually get it) posted: Zeta maintained their chapter total by retaining their members. They started at 293, took a NM class of only 140, total at 433. Started spring at 417 (lost less than 4%), took 3 COB's, and ended at 420. Close in chapter size to APhi but achieved through stronger recruiting and stronger retention. There's no need to prove anything to "the world" because if anyone is interested they can look at the reports.