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Originally posted by kddani
I don't have much time to write b/c I have to get ready for school..... but NPC had some sort of pilot program similar to this. Everyone had to go to every house the first round, but then after that the girls got to pick where they wanted to go. Houses had 2 hour parties, some overlapped. A girl could *theoretically* go where she pleased. The only cut was pref invites.
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This is what my rush was like. However, first round (meet the greeks) was longer - I think 20 minutes - and there was NO overlap with the theme parties. This was done in the fall - at the time first semester freshmen couldn't pledge, so it was mostly sophomores who had a good idea what they wanted. I would not recommend this with first semester freshmen.
Honestly, I think a lot of problems in rush could be solved if we would really practice what we have been preaching and destigmatize COB. Some houses just don't do well with formal rush. I think having pull out all the stops formal one semester and totally unscheduled COB the next semester just aggravates things more. Formal and COB should each be a little more like each other.
p.s. - where is there an explanation of the "new system" at UM? From what I am reading, it sounds like the new system is actually following the Green Book.