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It's interesting the difference in recruitment from place to place, even on something like age.
It was a big deal this year that we had a lot of sophmores go through rush, and a couple juniors instead of almost all freshman.
I'm pretty sure at Purdue it would be nearly impossible for someone older than 21 to recieve a bid from any of the 15 houses here; it was hard for the few girls that were rushing as juniors even to get a bid, and almost unheard of to have a senior rushing this year.
It might be in part how large and competetive our greek system is, but a lot of houses also have a concern with difference in maturity and years of commitment that an older memeber would be able to put into the house.
We had a junior on our list before rankings for pref day and it caused a huge debate over whether she would be able to live with girls two years younger than her her senior year (she would be one of the only seniors living in), and her ability to contribute to the house in just one year.
So I guess it's a case by case thing, but I've noticed that the standards here for older women to get into the house is significantly higher than those going through as a freshman and make it very very hard for anyone rushing after sophmore year to get a bid through formal recruitment
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