I didn't rush till I was a sophomore. I had an idea of where I wanted to go, but I definitely looked at all the sororities even though it was an informal rush and didn't have to. I ended up where I thought I wanted to be to begin with but I definitely had some thinking to do when I signed my bid card.
While a lot of people don't like deferred for this reason - that women might already have a group in mind - I think it is better because the rushees have seen what the sororities are like on an everyday basis. Just because you put on a great show for formal rush doesn't mean you are like that all the time, and I think it sometimes ends up with women choosing a sorority that is really something different than what they thought it was.
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