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Originally posted by NutBrnHair
All I'm going to say is that a strong rushing chapter offers bids to mainly freshmen. That way, you have them for four years. Sure, pledge a couple of truly outstanding upperclassmen, but the great majority should be freshmen (if you're a top chapter).
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I think you have to keep in mind that what a "strong rushing chapter" is depends entirely on the school. Sure, at Alabama, LSU, IU, you need freshman for the finances and the show. At smaller schools, you can get away with taking mostly upperclassmen. My chapter pledges very few freshmen and we manage to have fabulous pledge class retention and stay at the average chapter size just fine. I'd rather pledge juniors every year and have girls who geniunely want to be in the house, than some freshman who rushed us because we had cuter coats or a prettier flower or boyfriends in the right fraternity.