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Originally Posted by Senusret I
Why are the first pledge meetings prior to the pledge induction?
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Ditto.
Pledge period starts with the pledge ceremony, because that is when a pledge 'becomes' a pledge.
Most chapters have rush (1-2 weeks), do pledge ceremony at the end of rush, following which, within a week of the ceremony, begin pledge classes.
As rush is many times the the third week of school (first week is too busy for rush, 2nd is too often greek rush, hence most chapters do it the week after the greek rush), you've already killed 3 weeks of the semester, and getting your pledge program going if you have an 8 or 9 weeks pledge program is vital, if you want to finish before the semester is over.