<p>Before you become close friends with someone, you go through the process of first becoming an acquaintence and then a casual friend.</p>
<p>The pledging process is analogous to that for fraternities. It’s where you get to test out the fraternity you’re about to join and see if you’d actually be able to be a brother.</p>
<p>Guess what that means for those organizations who haze their pledges and those who don’t depledge despite the hazing. :)</p>