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Another thing I question is what happens if a girl is a sophomore and intends on going to pharmacy school or med school or law school? Since they may only be there a few more years do you all give her an equal chance? Or is she cut because of her major? Just an honest question so I can understand the whole thing better.
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Hootie- On my campus older girls get shafted.
We are allowed some free juniors. We have 11 chapters so they divide the number of juniors rushing by 11 and we get that many free. Free means they don't count for quota, juniors only count if you pledge a bunch and that
never happens. If you rush as a junior and have awesome grades and good activities you are okay. Few juniors rush so usually there is only one free junior, this is bad for the "average" juniors because chapters don't want to chance getting stuck with a bunch of girls who aren't around for 3 or 4 years. It sounds harsh but it is a numbers game. Juniors have it much better than sophomores.
Sophomores usually have a rough time unless they are a legacy or have a best friend in a house. Several of the elite chapters release 90% or more of the sophs on the first night. It's very sad. As a Rho Chi I saw many girls crushed because they waited a year to rush. This is especially sad because many times a sophomore pledge is very active because she knows what it is like to try to meet people without the security of a chapter. Along the same lines if a girl expresses a desire to go to nursing school (even as a freshman) she may get cut because she will have to transfer after 2 years. It gets pretty cutthroat and I'm not even at a southern school. Sometimes older members will get irritated if they pledge a girl and find out later that she is going to transfer after a year or two.
We have chapter houses on my campus that house 50-100 people depending on the house. There is no way we could defer rush because the house would not be dificult to fill because some of the older girls want to live out-of-house.
Older girls having a difficult rush could also be do to the girl's reputation. Houses may not want to a pledge a girl who is a known problem or has gotten a bad rep.
I don't think either way is perfect. I rushed as a fresman a week before school even started. I loved it and no one will ever be able to convince me defered rush is better.