That sounds like a bad stragegy, if the only reason you'd want to wait is to improve your chances of getting a bid.
At small schools like mine, where the majority of rushees are freshmen, waiting until soph. year or later can't help you, but it COULD hurt.
From the sorority's point of view, older rushees are less attractive, since they will not pay 4 yrs. of dues. A sorority depends on getting a full pledge class each rush of women who will pay dues for a full 4 years. Sure, some houses make exceptions for older rushees who they really love, but bear in mind that when a sorority accepts an older pledge, it is harming its own finances. Each older rushee that it bids means one less freshman who will pay the whole way can be offered membership.
Sororities expect less, extracurricularly, from freshmen rushees, since they understand that they just got to school. They would expect a good level of involvement from an older rushee, who has had a chance to settle in. In effect, the bar is raised for older rushees.
If what you want is to get in, your best bet is to rush when most other women do. Don't skip a year to rush the next; this does not make you more attractive to sororities.
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