i don't know how it works at other colleges, but at mine, the more girls we have in our chapter, the cheaper it is for everybody since we can spread group expenses out over more members. it is in all of our interests to keep the group big and meet quota each year.
each year during rush, panhel tells us how many new members we're allowed to take. once these members graduate, i don't think we can "fill their spot." all we can do is try to make quota the next year. non-freshmen are gone a bit sooner, leaving empty spots in the house that can't be filled. the house is at "maximum membership capacity" when we take only freshmen and meet quota.
here's another non-financial argument that my chapter makes in favor of taking only freshmen... we can only take a limited number of girls each year in rush, and usually more girls want us than we can accept. we look at it this way--the older rushees have ALREADY HAD a chance to join... the freshmen have not. we don't want to take that chance away from someone who's never had it before. that older girl could have rushed before but chose not to for whatever reason.
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