Well, I am a parent, so I don't know all of the specifics, such as does the panhellenic office determine how many non-freshman a chapter must take, etc. But, I will say this for sure...non-freshman women get bids from houses that they would never get a bid from if they were rushing as freshman. Sure, my daughter's sorority has offered bids to some highly desirable non-freshman women. The competition for desirable non-freshman is intense! For example, student athletes generally do not join sororities due to their time commitments in their sport. If the girl no longer plays her sport, she may decide to rush. And, yes, there are lots of great girls who transfer in to UCLA from community college , etc. But, yes, it's absolutely true that chapters will have to extend bids to non-freshman girls who are less desirable to them in order to fill their non-freshman quota. Believe me, if it was not a requirement, they would not do it! No, the actives do not like having to do this one bit.
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