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Originally posted by lionlove
[BOn the other hand, by the time girls go through rush as a sophmore, joining a sorority is something they have given alot of thought to and are very serious about. Virtually no one drops out once they've received a bid and retention rates after initiation are close to 100%. I suspect that if rush were held first semester freshman year at a school like F+M or Muhlenberg, many girls would go through rush without taking it seriously and look at joining a sorority as another club to join. I know this is not the case at other schools but I suspect this would be the case at private schools in PA.
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lionlove, I am completely in agreement with this. The less popular chapters might have problems still, but I think they can be more sure that the girls who are there joined because they want that sorority warts & all, not because they have been fooled during formal rush that a group is something it is not.
I was amazed the first time I found out everyone's initiation rates weren't 100% or close to it...and retention rates after initiation just completely blew my mind.