<p>Could someone tell me if first-year students are permitted to participate in rush for fraternities and sororities?</p>
<p>Yes - in the spring. Some students opt to wait until sophomore year, though.</p>
<p>Thanks flatlander.</p>
<p>Actually rushing is in the fall. It starts in November and lasts mid-December. Pledging is in the spring for one month in February. Anyone can rush, but in order to pledge one must have receive a formal bid from an greek organization as well as have a minimum of a 2.3/2.5 GPA.</p>
<p>New Member Education…they rebranded it after a girl was apparently hazed and assaulted last year, broke her arm as I recall…things seem much more mild now, but thats what I see from being around campus.</p>