[Xylochick216]

Elon has done deferred recruitment in January (during our "fake break") for as long as I know.

1. If your recruitment is delayed, how do you charge new members dues?

They pay their new member fee for the spring semester.

2. What are the rules at your school surrounding disaffiliation for Pi Chis/Rho Chis/Rho Gammas (whatever you call them at your school)?

Our Pi Chis used to just disaffiliate for January. More recently they've started not wearing letters in October or so but still attending functions. They do not attend any events we have in January and essentially don't speak to sorority women for the month. A lot of people apply every year, and it's a very distinguished position.



3. What are the rules at your school surrounding contact between sorority members and freshmen women? We've historically had a pretty strict policy that allowed very little interaction - you could say hello, give them directions to their class, but not much more. How do you handle this when you don't know at the beginning of the semster which freshmen will choose to rush and which won't?

I think it's silly to allow no contact at all. Basically people at Elon can speak to whomever they want. You can't give freshmen gifts, though, because that's considered dirty rushing. The month of January begins the more strict silence.


4. Do you find that most PNMs have already made up their mind about which group they want to join before Formal Recruitment begins?

Most think they have but completely change their minds during recruitment. There are a few on my campus that everyone knows about, but some of the other ones surprise you during recruitment. I think it's fabulous because it gives you a semester to find friends and meet sorority women before making a decision instead of always being known as Sally XYZ. People definitely have a lot of friends outside of the house that they probably wouldn't have known if they joined before school began.

5. If you have recently switched from Fall to Spring, did the number of women registering for Recruitment drop drastically?

Can't answer that one. However, I do know that a lot of people go through recruitment only after being on campus and realizing that sororities aren't like what they are portrayed as on TV. Having a GDI older sister on my campus, I never would have gone through recruitment that first semester. After seeing the women, though, I was sold.