[BigRedBeta]

More common in the sororities than the fraternities. At least on the fraternity side of things, in my experience, guys just dropped off the face of the earth. There'd be some question of dues, but it would usually be seniors who would pay for one last year, and then about the third or fourth of week of school be completely absent.

Had a couple of friends who did the same thing in their sororities, but overall, I think it wasn't a huge deal for girls to deactivate. The way recruitment was structured at my school, where Total was an absolute cap that you couldn't go above, meant that the sororities were rewarded for their ability to retain their members through all four years. In some ways is was sort of a never ending cycle - the best houses had smaller pledge classes, meaning the girls got to know each other better, meaning they were more likely to have strong connections to the chapter, meaning they were more likely to stay involved, meaning that the chapter was closer to total, and they would take a smaller pledge class.

A smaller pledge class also meant that the chapter wasn't forced to take risks on girls they weren't particularly thrilled about getting. They could close out their class very early compared to the other chapters.

But it was also good for the weaker chapters because they were able to take enough girls each year to make up for their attrition, and all the houses stayed at the same size...

anyways, that got kind of offtrack...