Am I too old too rush?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Chicago88

I'm not sure how to word this, but can someone explain how sororities prefer a younger pledge class over a 2 year transfer student?

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And it's not the sororities themselves, it's an antiquated structure on the part of NPC, from the day and age where they had to pledge women quickly, because half of them would drop out by their junior year. Maybe one of these days, NPC will take a bold step into the 1980s.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

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This, too.

Freshmen = 4 years of dues as well as that person filling a spot in sorority housing at some point (if the school has that.) Whereas, Suzy Senior is only going to pay one year of dues and is probably not going to get a chance to live in.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by 33girl

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Kind of. If a chapter is always at total, they're collecting the maximum amount of dues they can each semester. That said, upperclassmen have to be replaced sooner. Also, ideally the class sizes would be pretty even, so that there's not a big hole in membership when a big senior class graduates.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Kind of. If a chapter is always at total, they're collecting the maximum amount of dues they can each semester. That said, upperclassmen have to be replaced sooner. Also, ideally the class sizes would be pretty even, so that there's not a big hole in membership when a big senior class graduates.

Exactly. My chapter graduated 35 seniors in one semester on a campus where total was around 80. That was the begining of the end of my chapter. It's hard to come back from literally losing about half your chapter, especially when you were one of those chapters who in the past didn't have to worry about recruiting, so no one knew how.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by 33girl

. . . it's an antiquated structure on the part of NPC, from the day and age where they had to pledge women quickly, because half of them would drop out by their junior year..

Or as women they couldn't transfer in until junior year.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by 33girl

And it's not the sororities themselves, it's an antiquated structure on the part of NPC, from the day and age where they had to pledge women quickly, because half of them would drop out by their junior year. Maybe one of these days, NPC will take a bold step into the 1980s.

That structure has worked pretty darn well for some of us.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

That structure has worked pretty darn well for some of us.

"Some of us"? Are you saying Chi Omega advocates pledging only freshmen and sophomores and above should just not bother rushing any of its chapters? That seems like a pretty big statement. Oh well, I'm sure there are lots of upperclass women who will be glad to have that cleared up so they don't waste their time looking at Chi Omega.

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