After three weeks of fraternizing with upperclassmen, approximately 300 men received bids Monday from one of 15 Interfraternity Council-affiliated fraternities.
Additionally, at least 46 freshmen accepted bids at three off-campus fraternities, chapter members reported.
"If I had to guess I'd say between 300 and 325 bids were handed out," said senior Dan Wiebke, IFC vice president of recruitment and pledging.
This year's fraternity rush-which began with a little more than 450 registrants-was somewhat modified from those of years past.
Chapters were given more flexibility in hosting events, with a completely open third week for rounds. The minimum GPA requirement was also raised, from 2.25 to 2.5.
IFC President Ivan Mothershead, a senior, said he did not think the changes had an effect on the number of men participating.
"[The number of men rushing] was actually up slightly, which shows that the increase in minimum GPA requirement didn't affect potential new members," Mothershead said.
"The newly designed schedule offered guys the opportunity to see as many chapters as they thought they'd fit well at," he added.
Among the chapters potential new members could explore separate from the 15 IFC chapters were three off-campus fraternities, which have disaffiliated from IFC and were not subject to these rush changes.
The off-campus fraternity Alpha Delta Phi, formerly known as Sigma Alpha Epsilon, confirmed 24 accepted bids as of Monday evening. Eta Prime, formerly Kappa Sigma, confirmed 13 accepted bids, and Phi Theta Sigma, which disaffiliated from Theta Chi last fall, estimated that it received nine or 10 accepted bids.
Although rush formally ended Monday, most chapters would not confirm bid numbers because of pending acceptances.
"We say it's OK to turn numbers in by next Wednesday, so final numbers really aren't available," Wiebke said. "So far we've received about 190 of those."
Mothershead added that some fraternities may also use open recruitment at their discretion, especially if final accepted bid numbers do not fill quota, which is different for each chapter.
Despite uncertainties in the number of men who will begin pledging, most chapters confirmed that recruitment had been successful and met overall expectations.
"This was the first recruitment we've had in a number of years where not only have you had no rush infractions, but no potential new members went to hospitals, so in that sense rush went well," Mothershead said.
Zak Kazzaz and Mingyang Liu contributed to this article.
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