Thank you to all those who have given feedback to the thread that I started.
This is my opinion, and I am speaking from personal experience as a rushee. I WISH I had rushed as a Freshman. I really do. I also prefer formal rush as opposed to informal. My reasons are as follows: I was clueless going through rush even as a sophmore but I wish I was even less tainted and being a greshman I would have been. I am CONVINCED that I would have gotten better grades had I had the scholastic support in my freshman year rather than a year earlier. I think I would have developed as a person/leader/woman SOONER and I really really really wish I had rushed as a freshman. I also think (for man reasons) freshman have an advantage.
Also, I prefer formal recruitment because I was NOT the type of person who could simply walk into a house full of strangers and hope to become thier friend. I like being somewhat forced and structured to go to house to house. OF COURSE the entire rushing process is flawed but I prefer formal.
My two cents ine more time!
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Originally posted by AlphaChiGirl:
Here's yet another vote for Deferred Recruitment...I make an argument for it at least once a week. 
I think it's better to Rush once the first semester grades have been submitted. If the first college grades have been submitted, you have a much better picture of how the PNM is academically. Everyone knows that HS grades usually aren't that accurate, especially when you're dealing with different school districts and grading scales. If Recruitment is not held until after first semester, you have people who are more aware of what they can handle academically.
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