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Originally Posted by honeychile
I'll be honest - I'm not a fan of deferred recruitment. If you remember my rush story, ours was deferred, and I was dirty rushed all over the place. I even had people calling and writing to me over the summer prior to my freshman year! I was promised bids from the second party on, I could go on and on about dirty rushing.
FWIW, I'm also not a fan of the 6-8 week New Member period.
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I like having a semester to settle into college, live in a dorm and make friends, join later, and have at least one semester of college complete. I think rushing and joining so early can be detrimental to a person who is going through the huge life change of college. What's wrong with having a panhellenic set up for majors where you can meet students who have taken your courses, go do a big philanthropy project, see the groups, and not make a decision before you step foot in a classroom.
If we're going to promote lifelong membership and involvement, we need to stop focusing on the first semester and showcase our alumnae and that we are not four years and something you do just in college.
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