Dartmouth creates new rush financial policy

According to The
Dartmouth, the university’s Greek Leadership Council recently
created a rush financial policy that bans all Greek houses from considering
students’ financial needs when sending bids.

Previously, Greek organizations were informally banned from
considering prospective members’ financial situations, The Dartmouth reported. Nonetheless, with
criticism of the Greek system being elitist, there were suspicions of
organizations taking into account financial information when making decisions, the article said.

The university’s Greek life has been called a “haven for the
rich that imposes high costs for membership to keep out poor students,” according to The Dartmouth. The
policy comes in an effort to suppress these rumors, and to clear up that bids
are given based on personality traits rather than socioeconomic status.

Even with the policy and efforts to make Greek life
available to anyone who is interested, complications persist. Individual Greek
organizations still hold the power to determine financial aid eligibility on a
case-by-case basis, the article said.