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Ok, I'm not going to give you all the numbers and answer all the questions directly because I also go to Puget Sound, and PiPhiERDoc has it all in her post a few posts up. Plus, as a freshman, I don't know a lot of that stuff...but I would like to put in my 2 cents.
I never would have considered rushing if we had fall recruitment. I had vaguely thought about joining a sorority during high school, but never really thought about it seriously, since my family isn't into the greek system, and few of my friends are...in fact, I don't think I know anyone (besides some distant acquintances) that went greek in college. At any rate, the last few weeks at home and first few weeks at college were so stressful that I don't think I could have taken the additional pressure of worrying about rush.
I support deferred rush as much as I can without having actually gone through it yet...I like the fact that all freshman at UPS live on campus, for the most part in dorms (I'm one of the few freshmen that live in a house, the Honors program house). It gives everyone a chance to meet a wide variety of people, and also to get settled into the routines of college life before adding in another commitment like being part of a sorority or fraternity.
Of course, deferred rush can be very frustrating. I want to find out as much as I can about greek life on campus, but I know I won't get the whole picture until I go through rush and visit all the houses and meet the women. It's hard to get to know people in the greek system because of the restrictions for "dirty rushing" which make sense, but are also very strict.
Anyway, I just wanted to give the perspective of a future pnm!
~Sarah~
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