An Honest & Tough Fraternity Recruitment

[ScarletBlueGold]

Originally Posted by ebdelt

After that I got a call from a Brad Paisley but I was not able to answer the phone at the time. I never got another call from them again which I found a little weird, until I talked to one of my sophomore friends who was also rushing. He had always wanted to be a Brad Paisley and was pretty persistent and knew a lot of the guys. He ended up emailing the rush chair who took forever to respond, but when he did he told him that Brad Paisley had decided to not take any sophomores this year and exclusively focus on recruiting freshman.

This Fraternity is insane. Why would you completely disregard someone simply based on the fact that they are a grade-level higher than what your ideal candidate is? The MOST you could lose would be two semesters of dues. Not only do you have better account of how well they are going to perform as scholars, but also as leaders, athletes, and gentlemen. Perhaps it's just different at my school, but this makes no sense to me.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by ScarletBlueGold

This Fraternity is insane. Why would you completely disregard someone simply based on the fact that they are a grade-level higher than what your ideal candidate is? The MOST you could lose would be two semesters of dues. Not only do you have better account of how well they are going to perform as scholars, but also as leaders, athletes, and gentlemen. Perhaps it's just different at my school, but this makes no sense to me.

It might vary from school to school, but fraternities aren't under the pressure that sororities are to be at a certain number. And even if they were, all taking a sophomore means is that the chapter has to replace the member a year sooner to maintain the same chapter size. A small price to pay for a quality sophomore. Their loss.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by ScarletBlueGold

This Fraternity is insane. Why would you completely disregard someone simply based on the fact that they are a grade-level higher than what your ideal candidate is? The MOST you could lose would be two semesters of dues. Not only do you have better account of how well they are going to perform as scholars, but also as leaders, athletes, and gentlemen. Perhaps it's just different at my school, but this makes no sense to me.

They may have taken an exceptionally large pledge class that was all or almost all freshmen the previous year and were trying to balance things out. Even though fraternities can give out as many bids as they want, having that many brothers graduate at once when your other classes are more balanced in numbers can be devastating.