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I know that at the University of Washington in Seattle recruitment begins about two weeks before classes start! During recruitment the pnm's are temporarily housed in dorms--all together. Kind of a fun experience for all of the pnm's and they really do bond and form friendships. On bid day the new pledges move in to their sorority house! Many parents are there for bid day and they help their daughter's move from the dorm to the chapter house. Also, families can tour the chapter house etc. Then there are a couple of days with no school events--but I think that sororities have retreats, sisterhood bonding events, etc. Then, mid-week the week after recruitment all of the other new freshman arrive/move onto campus, etc. and "Dawg Days" begin (they are the Huskies)!! After welcome week activites, classes finally begin. So, by the time classes start the new sorority pledges have already been away from school for 2+ weeks! The actives for at least 3 weeks!
I know all of this because my daughter almost went to UW.
My point to all of this is that recruitment at UW does not interfere with classes or welcome week! Nice!
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