If No Deferred Recruitment, What's A Good Alternative?

[ASTalumna06]

Things have been a little crazy in the recruitment department lately at PSB. We received word a few weeks ago that there will be no deferred recruitment for this upcoming school year. I believe that the administration is testing the waters to see how this works and whether or not the GLOs slip (more so academically than anything else) by allowing first semester freshmen to join. From there, they'll determine whether or not this will continue the following year and beyond.

From what I have heard, the supplemental new member program might be implemented. How this will work, I have no idea. Right now, I think some people, myself included, are simply frustrated because all of this information is coming to everyone over the summer through emails and phone calls. But I digress...

Basically, I'm looking for statistics (but not official ones, of course). I am wondering how bidding first semester freshmen will work on this campus, and I just want to get a general idea of what other's experiences were like. I think my greatest concern is whether or not first semester freshmen will see this as being too overwhelming to stick with it... especially considering we're not at a school where people know what it means to be Greek, and it's instilled in them when they're 5 that they have to join a GLO. So let me know...

1.) In general, how would you describe Greek life on your campus? (competitive vs. non-competitve, percentage of students who are Greek, location of the school: north vs. south, etc... be as specific as you'd like)
1.) Did your school have deferred recruitment?
2.) What was total? Or if you didn't reach total (or didn't follow this system at all) what was your average chapter size while at school?
3.) What were average new member class sizes for your chapter?
4.) On average, how many freshmen dropped out during the new member program? ... or provide more specific numbers if you have them and want to disclose that information.
5.) If a significant number of them dropped, for the most part, what were the reasons? (In trouble academically, too time consuming, money issues, etc.)
6.) Any other info that you think would be helpful.

Again, I'm not looking for anything official here. I'm just curious to see these trends in a general sense from other schools.