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Originally posted by Coramoor
My problem with the year round recruitment, 2 classes semester is that it makes chapters focus on numbers. The chapter goes from rush to pledging...to rush to pledging....to rush etc with no time to just enjoy being in a fraternity.
If it was possible at my school, I'd rather only have one rush a year. Numbers are never a bases on which to judge a good chapter, although many people seem to think it is. Additionally, just taking guys to fill numbers is going to screw you in the end. You will end up taking guys that otherwise shouldn't have gotten a bid and in the end that will bite you in the ass.
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I agree that focusing on numbers alone is negative. But if your chapter finds great individuals, who would rather join sooner than wait a whole semester before the next chance...then only having eight weeks at the most before they can officialy pledge and begin their program is a positive thing. Sure with a summer recruitment focus it won't be utilized as much...but I see our greek system turning towards a more year round recruitmen focus, and if we have this eight week program up and running (**while maintaining the academic standards my chapter would like too**) as the transition moves along then we will just be better prepaired to accomodate the changes.
There are good benifits to a single main rush period a year. But as with everything there are also drawbacks. Fraternity Recruitment bugets at my school are very large (average 12-13 thousand a year) b/c each chapter is responsible for planning and holding their own events over the summer (there are a handful of organized event put on by Greek affairs) and the chapter must cover all travel expenses as it is summer time and you likely have to go To the rushees in their hometowns b/c they are not readily availible on campus as they are during the school year. So its a costly practice, but for larger schools and chapters it can work.
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