Somewhat - our best rd last year for attendance was rd1b on a Friday night and Rd 2 on a Saturday, but it started at 5pm. The issue was this year was it was weekend after Rosh Hashanah, and many folks went home. The Panhellenic made a decision to go for that time as opposed to Sept 30-Oct 3, but it wasn't much different in terms of results, but retention could have been way better.
It clearly works best with Thursday night/Friday night rd 1, Sat Rd 2 late afternnon/evening- but do pref Sunday night or if need be Monday night - this avoids the big 1st year classes of Sociology or Psych on T/W, but there is one Monday's now too.
*Sigh* there is no exact perfect time - and it comes to what the chapters and Panhellenic feel will work best for their campus.
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Originally posted by Taualumna
NeonPi, do you think having Round 1 over a weekend might have been an issue this year? When I was making calls to PNMs, a few said that they were going home for the weekend and were therefore unable to make it. Would it have helped if Round 1a was on Thursday night, Round 1b on Saturday afternoon, Round 2 on Monday evening and Pref on Tuesday?
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