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invitations

Poster Message:
To the girls feeling bad because someone who doesn't meet qualifications was invited back somewhere you weren't: There are lots of reasons this might happen. The most usual reason is what our house calls a "courtesy invitation." It usually happens when some important person asks us to give special consideration to a PNM. We know she doesn't meet our requirements, but we don't want to cut her the first day so we keep her around, but never intend to give her a bid. That sounds harsh, I know, but it's done with love and respect to the person who asked for the special consideration. It can also be because that person has a particular talent that we desperately need. For example, a girl with a brilliant singing voice who has a 2.98. Yes, that's below a 3.0, but we need a "voice" to replace the one who just graduated. We'd love to have one with a 3.5, but those girls cut us, so we have to make do. Or maybe she's a legacy of one of our national officers. We don't want to lower our grade requirements, but we already have our "special permission" from nationals. So we have to. I guarantee you, it's not that it's just slipped by us that you were better than someone else. Everything is taken into consideration and although sometimes it seems unfair, there's always a reason. I know that won't make you feel better, but just know there wasn't anything else you could have done, and there wasn't any just random slip up that caused it to happen.