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At a competitive recruitment, deferred would make it WORSE I think. The pressure would still be there for sororities to figure out who they really want before rush even starts due to huge cuts, but instead of only being able to come up with a third of the pledge class (recs, legacies, hometown connections, etc) I have no doubt in my mind that some sororities would have pretty much decided their ENTIRE pledge class before rush even started. The dirty rushing would get out of control, and I think it is safe to say that if a PNM was not going to certain fraternities or a member of certain organizations, she would be cut even more harshly and have less of a chance of pledging.
In a non-competitive recruitment, I think there are a lot of benefits for considering deferred. But at those super intense SEC schools (and their counterparts elsewhere...Texas, Southern Cal, Florida State, etc) I think it would cause so much dirty-rushing and pre-selection that it would alienate a lot of PNMs.
Let's put it this way: these schools are labeled competitive for a reason...even with regulations from Panhellenic, nationals AND their recruitment advisor, if they are given any way to make rush more cut-throat (giving them 3-4 months to observe and interact with PNMs on campus) sororities are going to take the bait. Some are going to pioneer it, and the rest will be forced to compete to pledge their top picks.
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