This isn't regarding traditions, but timing, and I was wondering if other campuses had better results than what happened on the local campus here:
Rush was the first week of classes, and enrollment is over 10,500 this year. However, just over 50 men registered to rush seven fraternities. This is not good for the greek system.
I believe holding the rush during the first week of class is counter-productive - freshmen have just moved into the dorms, they are still learning the campus and town layout, they have roomate(s) to get to know, they have books and supplies to get, they have the first week of class jitters, and probably many other adjustment issues to deal with as well.
If rush were to be held the third or even fourth week, I imagine results would be much better - freshmen and other interested prospective Greeks would have more time to get acclimated, and, learn about some of the houses more prior to the rush experience, which, let's face it, doesn't give a "true" representation of chapters - it's too staged.
Thoughts?
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