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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
How did I know that was coming? 
I think this is really only a problem with the ladies - I've never known fraternities to be so concerned about age.
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Well, it's a problem with total. If a sorority has to watch out for total and they can only take 20 girls, they'd rather take 20 freshmen than 20 juniors. Fraternities, of course, can take all 40 if they want to, so it's not an issue for them.
I understand why sororities who always make total prefer to take freshmen than non-frosh, but I know of plenty of sororities at various schools that are nowhere close to total who automatically cut juniors and above, or sophomores and above. Why? If it comes down to taking a pledge class of ten freshmen when quota is 20, or taking a pledge class of ten freshmen and ten upperclassman, why wouldn't you want to do the latter? Is it just that this happens at schools where nobody takes non-freshmen so it would look desperate to do so? I don't understand why, if they're not making total anyway, they want to cut out the possibility of extra revenue and extra numbers when it's not going to hurt them.