This past rush season, which is just wrapping up, has seen a surprising increase in numbers of students rushing and pledging.
Although Harvard does not officially recognize the presence of same-sex social groups, the figures show that students are certainly aware of their presence--and the numbers of pledges keep growing.
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"We've put a lot of time, energy and effort into this, and it's finally like the culmination of all our work," he says. "This is National saying they believe we're solid and strong."
AEPi member Yuval Grill '03 says the growth in the past year has been quite rewarding.
"I was in the first pledge class," he says. "Now we're in the fourth. We've been seeing guys that really want to join rather than us convincing guys to join."
Similarly, Harvard's two sororities, Delta Gamma (DG) and Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta), had little trouble finding women interested in rushing.
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