Re: Fall Formal Recruitment vs. Deferred: Let the Debate Begin
What school did you attend?
Muhlenberg College (a few years after pinkeyphimu and things have changed)
How many students?
2000 undergrad, 0 grad
How many GLO's? (local and national)?
4 national sororities, 4 national fraternities plus APO and Theta Nu Xi
Chapter total?
not sure about the guys but 75 for the women
Was your recruitment early fall or deferred?
deferred
If deferred, when was it held?
fall of sophmore year
Ladies, did you ever serve as a Rho Chi/Rho Gamma?
yup
If so, did it color your thoughts on when Recruitment was held?
not really, we've had deffered rush here for long enough that the numbers have stayed constant for the past few years. This year overall though was disappointing as there were alot more drop outs early in the week that caused quota to be lower overall. That was a fluke that happened this year though and not because of deferred rush but for other reasons.
Does your GLO openly support one or the other?
not that I know of.
Do you think a different style of Recruitment would work better at your school?
Maybe...the rushees at my school have pretty much decided where they want to go by the time they rush and maybe an earlier rush would take away the stereotypes.
Do you think numbers are affected by the timing of Recruitment?
apparently our numbers dropped when we switched to deferred rush but I don't think switching back to early rush at this point will increase numbers.
For those that went through deferred, would you have gone through early fall?
I don't know, it didn't even enter my mind because I entered because I knew there was deferred rush.
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