ugh. I don't even want to start in on my feelings on supplemental new member programs.... Mizzou allows bids for first semester freshman (they are also allowed to live in-house; most of the guys do). They do a weekly, mandatory coed meeting for all new NPC/IFC Greeks. It's awful, despite administration's best efforts. Everyone is broken up into groups of ~15-20, with 2 instructors (Greek upperclassmen, 1 male+1 female per group). Different topics were supposed to be addressed each week, and then everyone would have to troop on down to the auditorium for that week's speaker.
I could have handled it if it was a one-time presentation, but there's just something ironic about wasting an hour sitting through a presentation on time management.
How would they go about enforcing attendance/penalties for not attending? Would that go against the chapter or the individual?
I agree that a GPA tier system could be unfair. About 21% of my campus is greek, and fraternity pledge classes for fall range from 10-29ish. Most don't initiate their fall classes until well into spring, so the guys have to make grades first.
Something to consider: mandatory study hours during new member periods. There are some chapters here for which the new member average is substantially higher than the active member average as a result of mandatory study hours, not being allowed to go out, etc. How will the new pledge class GPA's figure into the whole chapter GPA?
ETA: grade stats for fall pledge classes (almost always first semester freshmen) here:
http://mugreeklife.com/page.php?page_id=110315
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