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Originally posted by KappaStargirl
I'd have to disagree with that statement. I went to a trimester school, Rush was in January. All the GLO's had pre-rush events so you could go and meet the members and learn about Rush (Rho Chis were present at all events). LOTS of freshman girls hung out at the fraternity houses first term and got to hear the fraternity guys' opinions on each sorority. If a freshman started dating a guy first term who said "Oh no, you shouldn't go ABC, they're all lame," she might not give ABC a fair chance, whether or not she actually liked the girls. THEN she would pressure her friends into dropping ABC too, all to please her boyfriend. I've experienced this firsthand and it is NOT pretty...one girl dated a guy who thought one particular group on campus was comprised of nerds, and she was not only influenced by him but influenTIAL on her friends. Some of her friends came to the pref party but no one actually preffed. With early fall Rush, freshman women have not had the chance to meet so many people, they hear fewer opinions and can go into Rush with an open mind. It does happen.
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My campus wouldn't allow anyone to rush until they had completed (the equivalent of) at least one semester of college. The idea being that they wanted students to adjust to being students before being involved in something so time consuming.
So transfer students could rush in the fall, but freshman could only rush in the spring. The 3 social sororities (all locals) and 2 of the social fraternities (again all locals)
only participated in spring rush. The rest of us (nationals and one local fraternity) held it both semesters. I can see the advantage... it does allow the rushees to see how the greek members interact with each other-- their sisters/brothers and other GLOs (not to mention GDIs). You get to see firsthand which GLOs are
really active on campus and which ones only party. So you have a better firsthand knowledge than someone who's been in school for one week. You did get a lot of hearsay, but at least you have the time to check it out for yourself.
My sister's school held fall rush (she's a Kappa!) and I can see the advantage to that, too. You don't have any pre-conceived notions about
any house... unless you're a legacy or some other circumstances. You get involved on campus right away.
I don't think one is better than the other.. .just different.
The one good thing about fall rush was that I joined my sophomore year, so that gave me an extra semester to be involved (as oppossed to if we ONLY held spring rush).