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We do this kind of stuff with our pledge classes.
We are small about 30 women.
This is our year:
We cannot pledge first semester women so we give them their bids after thanksgiving, but we give them ribbons...aka social pledge i guess. then they get pinned in january. they finish about 3/4 through their program we bid out again. This class then is finished by the last week in april. however, about 3/4 through the second spring class we bid out again. that class gets pinned and then actually do pledge when they get back starting in august. We will bid out if we can get the numbers in the fall. once or twice, using the same times. it works well for us. but we also do small classes more often rather than one or two huge classes. we average about 5-7.
Does this make sense?
We also do not have formal rush (we are the only npc) We also tend to get girls who are not 'always' joiners. we have a lot of girls that do not think they will, then change their minds.
one thing to be careful of is that class that holds over the summer. you need to have someone that is willing to keep in contact with them make sure they stay interested. but it has worked well for us. one girl we almost lost ended up delaying till the next class. but other than that...i don't think we have lost one over the summer hold.
hope that helps!
Tau Love
Lil E
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