University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) 2012 Recruitment

[HQWest]

Having lived through recruitment at a school with January rush I can say it is NUTS. It does not lead anyone to having a more open mind. It did lead to more dirty rushing and the poor retention rates.

I have advised at schools with Before class recruitment, september weekend only recruitment and October recruitment. Women walk around in a daze for a couple weeks if they are trting to juggle both once classes start. The only reason for later fall recruitment is if you have trouble encouraging women to try being Greek. On these campuses with 100 women in a pledge class ?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Having lived through recruitment at a school with January rush I can say it is NUTS. It does not lead anyone to having a more open mind. It did lead to more dirty rushing and the poor retention rates.

And again, I say...that means you're doing it wrong. If non-Greek women are "sheltered" from talking to, socializing, rooming with, etc Greek women for that fall semester, it doesn't help at all with what the point of deferred rush is. The ideal deferred rush is one where a woman walks into the chapters and knows, at least in passing, at least one woman in every one of them. If Greeks are intent on separating themselves from non-Greeks of all class levels, deferred rush will never work.