recruitment

1. All sororities chose their own day to release & it varies by sorority
2. No, girls always get initiated around the same time, I know most new member education periods were condensed/cut short in order to initiate at the same time. (Aka usually it's 11 weeks long to get initiated on whatever date, but because rush was late, they condensed it to 8 weeks and got initiated on around the same date)

The new member period was really "dense" last year, like our new member education meetings were often and they took forever since we didn't have that much time to cover all of the material that would be on our initiation exam.

it was very stressful for a lot of my sisters and I know some girls who almost dropped because they were overwhelmed--so it's def a good thing that recruitment is earlier this year so your new member period is less hectic and busy and more enjoyable. Being a new member is one of the most special times of being part of a sorority and new members deserve to enjoy it and feel special and welcomed and showered with giftsl

There's no set pledging period...some can be 6 weeks, others can be 8, just depends on the sorority's nationals

For example, chi omega has a very long pledge period but to even call it "pledging" seems silly because their new members are not hazed and get treated with a lot of respect and are allowed to participate in most events with sisters. Some other chapters might be shorter but also more vigorous and less enjoyable