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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum
we would have been in so much trouble for giving bids out in the summer. Freshmen can't pledge untill the spring. It used to be that if you had enough credits you could still pledge first semester, but the rule changed when I got there and you had to wait no matter what.
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Not sure how it is at other schools, and this may have changed, but at UK (Kentucky) fraternities were not allowed to "officially" give out a bid over the summer. Or to be more accurate, the UK Administration would not "accept" the bid until the fall semester started. To be clear, a chapter might extend a bid, but it would not be binding until the the pledge was able to formally accept it in fall.
Regardless, by the time formal rush stated - which is right before/during the first week of classes - a good portion (core group) of the pledge class might be in place. Since there aren't quotas, totals or restrictions as to the number of men that can be extended a bid, the strong chapters continued to pick up more quality men during formal. Usually from out of state students and athletes. But also those men that did not know about the parties, had a conflict and could not attend, did not decide to rush until they summer orientation, or once they got on campus.
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