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Originally Posted by OSU Maman
"I also wondered why some schools go through the recruitment process so early."
"You could wait but, from what I have read on here, if you aren't a freshman your chances of being accepted are not as good. (I don't understand this one so maybe someone could explain?)"
Thanks for the help.
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They want to pledge freshmen so they will have a dues paying member for 4 years, rather than 3. Of course, if someone drops out of the sorority before senior year (or earlier) it's kind of a moot point.
Sororities used to have much longer pledge periods (the average now is 6 weeks and for a lot of groups it used to be double that) and often didn't initiate freshman women unless they made whatever the required GPA was. However, they're now under pressure from the schools to cut pledge time, theoretically to prevent hazing. The schools are not looking at the implications of initiating women so early, and the sororities can't get past the concept of freshmen being best. In other words, both sides need to get a clue.
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