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Student's coming in knowing that there are higher academic, conduct, service, involvement, and respect standards and being uncertain if one can rise to the occasion to meet those high ideals is one thing. Sure some guys may not meet them and won't make it to initiation.
But those who do are truly better off not only for their success but also their attempt, as are those who may not have made it but tried. That's what positive programming does, challenges future members in the areas that will not only make the chapter more successful...but also themselves. And you can be upfront about all of those requirements. Pledges can know from day 1 what's expected of them. Will they still be motivated by uncertainty of meeting those standards...sure. But it's not uncertainty based on some immature hazing stunt that has no real basis in an organziations value system. And the standards are something that your chapter can truely be proud of.
Coming in thinking it will be tough because they're not sure if they can put up with some idodic hazing stunt is not a concern to be legitimized by a chapter. You can't create good members or good people by tearing them down first.
Don't get me wrong. I have no idea what your chapter does with their pledge program so non of the above comments are acusitory. For all I know you could have a model program in place with NO hazing.
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