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Originally Posted by RedRover
His older brother chimed in that forbidding first semester freshmen from pledging might not be such a bad idea. He said he pledged as a first semester sophomore at a large public university. The older brother said that the first semester of college can be traumatic. He said he had a year to assess the various fraternities on campus, learn their reputations and was able to figure out which Greek letter organization would be the best fit for him. He added that a number of men who had pledged as freshmen "burned out" as members, going inactive before graduation. He said too often these men made poor choices in choosing their fraternity memberships, accelerated because there were numerous fraternities and too little time for make a proper assessment as a college freshman.
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He has a point, but the first semester of college for anyone could be beneficial because you get to meet a whole of people.