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Sigma Chi Fraternity has begun a six to eight week pledge program. No less than six (if the chapter is small, it may not need a full eight weeks) to no more than eight. If the campus has an autumn or spring break that falls during the pledge period, that week would not count toward the time frame. The program was implemented this fall ('05). However, my understanding is that if a chapter needed more time to implement or had specific campus related issues, the chapter could petition IHQ to postpone it for a year.
The way I see this is that if pledges are taken at the start of the semester, (say the first of September for autumn term - early January for the spring term) then they would be initiated by/around the end of October/early March. This would allow the remainder of the semester for continuing education. And to devote time and energy to making sure the GPA requirement is met.
Overall, I think that having a uniform or standard pledge program is a good idea. Yet each campus, each chapter, and each pledge class is different. As such, some allowances should be built in that would allow a chapter to have some leeway as how to proceed with a particular pledge class.
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