Not sure if I should join an est. fraternity or a newly chartered one?

[Chrisfuller23]

So I am currently looking at rushing this spring. My school's spring fraternity rush (campus-wide) doesn't start until next week. I'm thinking of rushing a couple of well-established chapters that had been here for years, just so I have options. But while browsing the chapter listing, I came across a newly formed fraternity that started up just last fall (Alpha Kappa Lambda). I've talked to a couple of their brothers during an information session yesterday, and they seem quite nice.

But since they only started up last fall, I'm just not too sure if I should be rushing for such a new fraternity. This spring would be their first ever rush period, and the rush director told me he's actually kind of nervous-excited about this semester...as this would be their first pledge class all said and done.

So I was wondering should I rush such a new chapter, or take a conservative route and rush a chapter that's already here for years? If I do take a gamble on a chapter that's only been here since last fall, what should I look for in such a chapter (beside the usual fitting in and clicking with brothers)? I've heard from people that newly created chapters don't usually do well the first few years...