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From what I know, most of the 'top' houses recruit for freshman, meaning they want girls who can stay all 4 years/a more traditional house. Other houses don't care as much- for these houses they will have to recruit more often or in higher volumes (do spring recruitment, have bigger pledge classes) because their members join older and therefore leave/graduate quicker. The bad thing with houses that recruit for freshman is that things will be skewed for younger members, meaning that in these houses freshman are encouraged to live in ASAP (spring freshman year) and priority may be given to freshman/sophomores to live in houses before older members. I know of a couple houses where they had seniors drop because A) they have established friends/can get into parties without house name and B) don't live in the house. I would not say this is a majority behavior at all though. Also a thing to note is study abroad. The majority of people study abroad Spring Junior year and they may decide to drop entirely to avoid paying dues. I know some houses have reduced dues for girls abroad, but there are still houses that require dues as if you were staying in Berkeley, which can be financially burdensome for something you're not immediately benefitting from. Like mentioned above, there are no published numbers. Photos are not that accurate, since houses can refill numbers with spring recruitment, taking in older members during fall, etc.