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by: GuestSo did they decide that KA is for sure going to be back at Baylor? The Lariat in April said that once Baylor made its decision, it would start up by the end of the semester and nothing official has been said about it since then...
Comment#6 by: Yea
It really is a joke.... At our peer institutions: UT, SMU, TCU.
And even the academically inferior rivals: A&M, Tech
The average chapter size is like 150
30 man pledge classes are the norm and some even as high as 55.
At Baylor it's like 14.... Only KOT, ATO, and KSig take regular 20 man plus pledge classes
#7 by: On you own
Usually, the new fraternity makes a pitch to both the admin. and IFC. The fact that KA was an inactive chapter at Baylor with alumni helping to make that pitch is an important consideration. If a significant number of alumni had been successful students and had successful careers is also a very important intangible. If the alumni still hold reunion events and have stayed in contact with each other is important and will impress IFC members. Baylor admin. probably also identified a need for an added fraternity chapter. Likely, a significant number of students were going through IFC recruitment and not getting bids or, for some reason, not joining in numbers as compared to the sororities. The fact that KA Baylor alumni would be present probably played a key role in it getting picked (assuming there was competition from other fraternities to colonized.).
#8 by: Truth
Baylor only needs about as many fraternities as it has sororities....so just 8 or 9
And hopefully ones that have some history at Baylor....1970s founding dates.
So....KOT, KSig, SAE, Fiji, Phi Delt, SigEp, Sigma Chi, ATO, Beta
That's about all you need.
Kick Pi Kapp and TKE off and don't bring anymore on
by: ^Jul 30, 2015 12:18:59 AM
Different fraternities are better at different schools. This sort of universalizing logic isn't really true. Phi Delt, SigEp, and Delt will be fine. KA will struggle for a while then probably do ok. The bigger problem is the number of fraternities we have compared to the small number of solid kids rushing. Baylor simply has too many fraternities to the point that even the better ones are terrible in comparison to our peer institutions.
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by: I know too muchJul 28, 2015 12:02:15 PM
It's what Baylor wanted.Each chapter weaker than before gives them more power.
They are hoping the additions will also force inactive fraternities to participate more or face competitive from others and die (i.e. TKE is dead Baylor adds another).
Newly established chapters tend to get a bigger push from nationals to be campus active, a major dealmaker that is making the current Baylor Greek administrators proactive in adding new chapters. Baylor doesn't see inactivity as much as problem on the sorority side, but it knows it will have to eventually add again if the balance becomes to lopsided.
Honestly the average IFC chapter has to up membership numbers to get to respectable amounts compared to similar school chapters (SMU, TCU).
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