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Originally Posted by 33girl
It would be a disaster for one year until the housing overlap got figured out and then everyone would learn how to deal. I'm sure when Arkansas changed lfrom being a bed rush school they said that was a disaster... I'm sure when Ole Miss delayed their rush that was a disaster... They still have huge pledge classes there. You figure out your housing so that you don't bankrupt yourself and/or don't have to force freshman to rush before they are ready. I don't know how we can say we're about academics, and then urge women to pledge before they are even acclimated to school or have taken even one class.
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33, you can go on about that until you're blue in the face but *the way we do it is the way that works for us*. The sororities' GPAs are significantly above the universities' women's averages and study hours have a lot to do with that--thank God for study hours that teach new members how to study and get them in a routine!
Plus our schools tend to go back right after New Year and trying to conduct a rush that wouldn't have women missing classes? No way! It would be about 4 months long to try to fit in all the parties as well.
The only disaster about Arkansas dropping their bed rush/sophomore rush was according to some Arkansas women, "Now we can't be as exclusive anymore."
There was massive cheating as far as contact with freshmen. Sorority members were required to have "Coke dates" with a certain number of rushees over the summer and believe me, that got screwed up.
Most of my daughters pledged as freshmen and we're glad they did. They had groups to belong to right off to orient them to campus and give them a sense of belonging
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