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Originally Posted by HQWest

We've been over this before....
The girls who have family members who are Greek have been hearing about who is the Best chapter since they were in diapers, BUT odds are they have only heard mostly positive things about being Greek. They haven't heard "that chapter are the rich B**$," and "those are the fat girls" and "that chapter has the party girls." (Unless their mom is a total jerk? )

I missed where I referred to family members. I was talking about garden variety boys. I remember being 18, and honestly, family members held the LEAST amount of influence as to what/whom I thought was cool.

Originally Posted by HQWest

This idea that girls will get more involved on campus (join a sports team or write for the school paper or start a anime club, etc.) than they would have if they were in a sorority first semester has not held up.

I also missed where I said this was a reason for deferred rush. I said that the reason was for them to GET TO KNOW SORORITY MEMBERS. That could be in a club, in a class, at a party, at a campus job, in their dorm, whatever. Unless you're at IU (and even then) there are sorority members who don't live in their houses. Are you intimating that they don't speak with anyone non-affiliated?

Originally Posted by HQWest

First semester recruitment DOES help smaller chapters. Girls that are new to the system are more willing to take a chance on a group. It also means girls are less likely to drop out of recruitment if they don't get their first choice. First semester recruitment cuts back on drama.

Maybe it helps them make quota, ON PAPER. But do those girls all show up at bid day? Do they stay around for the semester and initiate? Are they still involved as seniors? Some girls are willing to take a chance - but they are 50/50 with the women who will feel took, hornswaggled, bamboozled that the chapter who they thought was on the same social level as the rest of the groups (since all they saw of them was rush, before they even set foot in a college classroom) only mixes once a semester and is a campus joke. I'd rather give bids to women who have heard all the tent talk and stereotypes and seen the sorority warts and all and still want to be there anyway.

Originally Posted by HQWest

Most importantly, first semester recruitment DOES prevent dirty rushing - as in "if you don't do X - I'll make sure you never pledge ABC or you HAVE to do this everybody does it."

Been there - done that. Have the T-shirt.

Originally Posted by pinapple

Round Up

Round up is the weekend after Spring Break this year (March 23-25) and it can be a great opportunity to see Greek Life in all its glory. But again, step wisely. If you are a Senior and go to Round Up. BEHAVE. Everyone is watching. Recruiting is happening. It just is.