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Sigma Pi's requirement is no less than three weeks and no more than eight, and it's been that way for about ten years. I know Sigma Alpha Epsilon has a very similiar rule. So this isn't uncommon.
Both SP and SAE have an exception for GPA requirements. Our school runs 11 week trimesters, so there's a period when a freshman has finished pledging but can't be initiated yet because he has no grades- sort of a limbo. We have to finish the pledge process in eight weeks, but we don't have to initiate until we know they got the minimum GPA. If that's your only concern, then I would request an exemption from your HQ.
The simple fact is, long pledgings lead to hazing. It's not guaranteed, but it is a strong link, and it's a good idea to limit the length of time a man is a pledge to something very definite. Besides, it shouldn't really take much more than eight weeks to train them in the basics. It's not as though someone is going to going to be elected president straight away off initiation. If you're electing NIBs to office, you have other problems.
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