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Originally posted by phikappapsiman
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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This is pretty much the same situation at my undergrad, which is probably more like Stanford than it is CU or CSU. The only people who are pushing for traditional fall-semester recruitment are the national representatives, many of whom are familiar with large state schools.
I've always felt that traditional recruitment puts less emphasis on going to college for an education, and more on getting into "the right house." It puts a lot of pressure on 18-year olds, and sometimes gets in the way of their academic performance.