Anecdotal only but it seems inflation affecting Greek life recruitment
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Anonymous
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My DD is currently in work week before sorority rush next week and the potential new members have dropped from 800 last year to just under 600 this year.
Her good friend at the University of Alabama said there was 3300 last year and this year this were only 2800 PNMs registered by the deadline. For those of you with children in Greek life, what are they seeing at their schools? It is interesting for my sophomore daughter going through the process now on the other side. |
Anonymous
| Don’t forget last year was the first year rush was in person for like two years so there was a lot more demand than usual. |
Anonymous
+1 I think this is more it--look at the rolls, in many Greek orgs there were a lot more sophomore and juniors rushing. |
Anonymous
| Arkansas has well over 2000, the highest number ever. |
Anonymous
| The cult of conformity continues… |
Anonymous
It’s a lot less expensive to go Greek at Arkansas than other schools. |
Anonymous
| What an idiotic premise, this "Greek" housing notion. Nothing ancient Greek about it. |
Anonymous
Edgy |
Anonymous
They use Greek letters. Not that hard too figure out. |
Anonymous
| It's expensive, at least at my private it was. |
Anonymous
| Plus a lot of places don't rush until second semester. |
Anonymous
It's cheaper to be in a frat at my kid's school because the off-campus housing is less expensive than other options and the dues aren't high. |
Anonymous
| There was a large scale “abolish greek life” movement that I think probably had a bigger impact than inflation. Most of the active members in my former chapter resigned en mass. |
Anonymous
Oh. It was several thousand dues alone at mine in the 90s. No housing. I guess it depends on the school. |
Anonymous
That seems to have run its course. |