For IU, 'live-in' and 'live-out' might work? Although live-out implies that they have a chapter house, just aren't choosing to live in it...hmm, interesting verbage issue!

Unencumbered?

OH I can't help myself, this is a word game: Wiffs and Woffs (with facility/without facility). Or some chapters could be in the Clouds (like Cloud computing? you know?) while others were bricks and mortar/on the ground. Let's see... where is my brain going to go with this challenge?

Did I take my Concerta this morning? Magic 8 Ball says "no".

I wondered the same thing about my concerta earlier today, and was dismayed to realize the answer was yes. Must have been a placebo.

Good Luck with recruitment, I also go to a BIG Ten school and will be rushing when I get back for winter break. Be sure to catch my recruitment story!! Cannot wait to hear yours!!!!!
Big Ten Love

Go Big Ten!!! :)

Please be open minded when you go through rush. You are at a very competitive school and all of the sororities are great. Last year when my daughter rushed many girls thought they had to be in a certain houses and were disappointed when they were cut. My sorority (I went to another Big Ten school) cut her right away which gave her the opportunity to look elsewhere. My daughter kept an open mind and had three nice houses to go to for preference. She is very happy in her house. As I put in another post some of my daughter's friends are in the newest sorority which does not have a house and are loving it.

HEY Y'ALL!!!

I'm not going to do a live recruitment like people suggested, but today was the first day of 21 Party, and I'm just LOVING the rush process! Just wanted to post an update! I'm so excited for tomorrow and seeing what all the houses have to offer!

Have a good night!

Get some rest and have fun!

Good luck to you!! If you are in finals before you head home for the holidays study hard and have a great holiday break! Looking forward to reading up on another epic recruitment saga when you return in 2013!

Wow, 21 "houses" to visit in two days? :eek: Have they annouced how many PNMs have signed up for recruitment yet?

My Rho Gam said somewhere around 1700-2000
but this is before grade disqualifications are made, so I'm assuming after the holidays some people will not be rushing due to being academically ineligible.

Thanks, everyone! 21 houses is 2 days was SO tiring, but I loved every minute of it! Every door song, conversation, and house tour was great in it's own way!

I'll be putting my nose to the grind-stone now and focusing (Trying to at least) solely on grades!

So glad you had such a positive experience! You lucked out with the weather, for sure. Did you rank tonight after the last open house?

Today's weather was pretty gross, but the rain held off (thank goodness!). But aside from the humidity today, the weather was fantastic! Yes, we did rank today. It was a bit nerve-wracking to be honest, but I think I'm pretty confident in my rankings. The only part now is having to wait an entire month to get back the houses for 14 party.

A general question to those familiar with IU NPC recruitment. When do the chapters turn in their invite lists?

As I understand it, ranking by the PNMs has happened now - after this first round. So do the chapters rank at this time as well since the various impressions of the PNMs should still be fresh? Then after grades come out, any PNMs who are academically ineligible are “automatically” removed (i.e. “dropped”) from the chapter’s next round invite list?

Or do chapters wait until the grades come out to see which PNMs are academically eligible and then make their invite list? If the latter is true, then in essence, the PNMs still have a month to “impress” (or not) the chapters.

If it was up to me, I’d make an initial list now, but wait to finilize and submit the list until the last possible date/time.

So I guess part of my general question is in situations like IU - where there is some time (i.e. days/weeks/month) between party rounds - is there some sort of NPC rule or guideline that says the chapters should turn in their invite list by X number of days/hours?