IMO, I like deferred recruitment. I have discussed the reasons in a different thread... so as to giving up my break for recruitment... I would have. I can see the decline in formal numbers but remember COB also... if a PNM really wants a group then they will stick around for formal or they will just take their chances with COB after break.

As to members... don't they normally give up some parts of a break for recruitment, either the last two weeks of summer or part of semester breaks???

Elon's recruitment is over "fake break", which is the week between our three-week intense winter term in January and the beginning of Spring term in February. If women want to join, they stay. Often women will participate because they don't have anywhere to go, and these women who would have never gone through recruitment become fabulous members. My feeling is that if women can't give up one week of vacation for recruitment, then they probably aren't willing to sacrifice much for the organization anyways.

I definitely still would have, but I think many people would not. At Hillsdale, our formal recruitment begins on a Friday at the end of Christmas break - normally everyone would come back that Sunday evening, but girls going through formal recruitment return to campus two days prior, on Friday. Even this little ammount of time deters some girls because they don't want to cut their break short, even by two days.

This also would require University cooperation. Most of the dorms at my campus closed during all breaks (even Thanksgiving). The women have to have somewhere to live during that time. I lived in the International dorm on my campus because I wanted the option of staying at school during breaks (so I could work), but there was no food service and we were the only dorm open. It required a lot of planning when I was a freshman who wasn't allowed to have a car on campus and microwaves were pretty rare.

The dorm is one of the main reasons that I have heard about the reason that WGA has sorority recruitment during the Labor Day weekend....about 2 weeks after school has started.

The fraternities willl be holding their rrecruiting the 1st 2 weeks of the school year.

When I became a pledge, yes I did!!, I think school had started but since it was a loonnnnnnng time ago, I don't remember, lol.

It would depend on the length and timing of the break. If it were just a matter of a long weekend, I'd give it up... there are other weekends. If it were a matter of giving up, say, all of spring break... uh, no.

If recruitment were "over fall break the first Friday-Tuesday in November" I'd be more inclined to stick around, because I'd know I would be visiting my family in a couple of weeks for Thanksgiving.