My campus is only about 1600 undergrads, most of which are male. There are 8 fraternities, and I think about 40% of the campus is greek.
Our rush is during the first 7 weeks of school. We start out by coming over to the dorms, meeting guys, inviting them to rush events, taking them out to eat, and whatnot. There are informals, where everyone gets tours of all the houses, then a couple weeks later are first formals, where we "interview" the guy. we really just sit and talk for a little while. if you give a good impression at first formals, or at least don't give a bad one, you get invited back for second formals, where we really narrow guys down. then a week or two later is bid tuesday, where all the fraternities give out their bids, and the freshmen go in a small booth, sign the one they want, and turn it in. that evening we pick the guys up, and each fraternity has their own party of sorts, welcoming the new pledges/associates. And you don't have to clean up after our parties! The freshmen have it easy at our house. Only in house brothers have to clean the house.
Here everyone gets a first formal invite, and many return them. Then we give about 50-75 second formal invites. then we narrow it down to approx. 30 guys from there, but not all accept our bid.
It's a really laid back system. If the system at your school is like that, just be yourself, and I'm sure you'll find a house that fits you. Then, it's up to them to decide.
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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
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