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Our school has deferred recruitment, student must have 12 credits completed before they are allowed to join a fraternity or sorority. I understand people being upset about not being able to take first semester freshmen, but I see the other side of it too.
Deferred recruitment can be seen as a good thing.. It gives new students a chance to adapt to being away at school before diving into something so time consuming, a chance to experience all the sororities and fraternities for an entire semester before choosing one, and makes them have put an effort into meeting people not necisarily in the greek community and not just join their respective GLO and possibly only meet people through that.
On the other hand, joining a sorority or fraternity right off the bat can teach them time management skills, have an automatic group of people to turn to, and have people to watch out for them so they don't make the mistakes that many freshman do concerning alcohol, drugs, and the like.
Sometimes I wish we were able to take first semester freshman, because there are so many great ones. But just because you can't offer them a bid until their second semester doesn't mean you can't introduce them to your GLO, invite them to events, and get to know them. Plus it gives you an entire semester to get to know them better before you do offer them a bid.
It all just depends on how you look at it..
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