[33girl]

It honestly depends A LOT on the caliber of the person and the size of the chapter (that is, if there's nothing in your bylaws about it). I'd hate to say you have to have someone as president who would be terrible at it when there is someone who would be great, whose only negative is her length of time in the org.

One thing you do have to consider though - is this person going to be happy having a lower office or being "just" a member in subsequent years? Most people work their way up to prez - if you start there, you have no place to go but down. You also have to be careful about too many people taking on offices that are the same age - if it turns into in effect the same 5 people rotating, you are screwed when they graduate and no one else has a clue.