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Originally Posted by lemony
Love reading this thread! Just a little bit/piece from the West Coast--I've been poking around Facebook and have noticed quite a few seniors in the Facebook group for our university's recruitment this year (they are invited to join the group and write on the wall with questions, etc. after they register online). At our university it's common for sophomores and even juniors to rush (chapters either have a separate quota for juniors or juniors aren't counted in quota, not 100% sure), but it's not as common for seniors to rush. This year I know our house had one senior in our fall pledge class and a couple of other houses pledged 1 or 2 seniors each, but by the looks of this Facebook group, it looks like there are at least 10-15 seniors going through recruitment this year. Just a curiosity--has anyone else noticed a spike in seniors going through recruitment at their schools?
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I think you're seeing the increase in seniors interested in recruitment due to the economy. Students aren't hurrying to finish a degree in four years so they can enter the job market. Often students are staying in school 5 years or longer to add minors or changing majors to something more economically friendly. In our area, many education majors are staying in longer to pick up different/additional certification areas in hopes of being more marketable. Business majors are picking up foreign languages to make them more marketable internationally, etc.