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At Stanford, we did, and still do, have deferred rush for freshmen-rush is spring quarter, and I thought that it worked well for me. All freshmen are required to live in a dorm freshman year-yes, even Chelsea Clinton and Fred Savage and Tiger Woods all lived with other freshmen in either all-frosh or four-class housing. This really allowed myself, and I hope others experiencing life away from home for the first time, time to adjust to their new surroundings, and to actually get to see houses before rush-which can sometime paint an artificial view of what greek life is really about. I know that in my case, I was so geared up to join "the right house" on campus because of the parties they threw during fall quarter, but when rush actually started, I had met many of my future brothers around campus, and so I knew that I wanted to be a Phi Psi. So for me, rush was pretty easy. Maybe it depends on the size of the college/university, or if the population is more in-state rather than national. And I just think that even in those few months from high-school senior to college freshman, the more time a student has to actually become a college student can't hurt.
But hey...Stanford isn't exactly Greek U., and never will be. Greek life is such a small part of the social life at Stanford that deferred rush makes no difference-those who will join a GLO will do it, and those who don't care (which is the majority of the students), will not.
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