http://www.emorywheel.com/vnews/disp.../43d9787946478
Fraternity Rush 2006 seen as big success
By Jason Singer
Staff Writer
January 27, 2006
A higher percentage of students participating in fraternity rush received pledge bids this year, despite a decrease in the overall number of rushing students.
According to Victor Felts, assistant dean of Campus Life and director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, only 291 students entered the recruitment process this year, an 11 percent decrease from the 326 prospective brothers who rushed in spring 2005.
However, 191 students — 66 percent of the rushing population — still received pledge invitations, the highest percentage since Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Dan Richter began keeping thorough records of the rush process in 2004.
Felts estimated that the percentage was the highest since the 1980s, though exact figures are not available.
Sixty-three percent of those rushing received bids in 2005, and 62 percent in 2004.
Fraternity members said they were pleased with the end results.
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The system also allowed students to pay their recruitment fees via credit card for the first time in school history, and allowed fraternities to track prospective brothers more easily by being able to view each student’s profile online.
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While organizers lauded Felts and his improved system, not everyone was completely pleased with the rush process as a whole.
Alpha Epsilon Pi pledge Daniel Mandel, a College freshman, criticized the selectivity of the process.
“At other schools that my friends go to, if you like the brothers and they like you then you’re in,” he said. “Here, it’s much more extensive . . . [and] I don’t think it’s necessary.”
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“Less people rushed than last year, but we still have more men joining despite one less fraternity,” he said. “More men stayed in the recruitment process. That’s good.”
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Prev. years:
'06 = 191
'05 = 205 got bids (Dean says 63% of 326 participants)
'04 = 166
'03 = 216
'04 Numbers from the Emory Wheel, published on Jan 27, 2004
Phi Delt- 13
Pike- 25
Sigma Nu- 15
Sig Chi- 22
ATO- 13
SAE- 16
DTD- 17
Chi Phi- 19
KA- 11
AEPi- 25
Beta did not report
APES (underground/ uncharted) got 20