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OTOH, I see complaints about the fraternity method of rush, at least at my school. There is a formal fraternity rush, but it's a joke. Rush really begins in a guy's high school senior year, when he's invited to various fraternity parties.
Things intensify in the spring and especially summer, which essentially seems to be one long rush party at the fraternity houses. Guys are invited all summer long and bids tend to be issued, off and on, toward the end of summer.
Many fraternities have their pledge class lined up well before classes start.
Kids coming in from out of state (last year's freshman class was 62% OOS) haven't a clue about the process. It forces kids to start off by choosing which fraternities they interested in (often with no knowledge other than the often obsolete website) to contact. They HOPE for invitations, but don't know if they'll get any...it's just a mess.
At least with sororities, everybody visits every chapter at least once, plus the recommendation gives the sororities a preview of PNMs.
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