I'm guessing some of the catergories overlap? These numbers come from the IUPHA website. I used 2013 instead of 2014 because 2014 doesn't list how many got cut for grades.

I was at the meeting where they explained the numbers. I am out with my mother. Wil come back to explain.

The 146 women who were not matched were women who sadly received no invitations at some point during the process. This can happen most often to women who rank based on "tiers" or reputation of chapters. They have a full first round and then my preference they have no chapters left. This is why when I give advice to IU PNMs, I encourage them to rank wisely. Do not rank the chapters who traditionally take the smallest pledge classes as all of your tops. Keep a chapter or two who traditionally take larger classes to better the odds.

The 376 who withdrew may have withdrawn at any time. Some choose not to come back early to continues the process even though they made grades. Some drop when they get invitations from chapters in which they are not interested. Some drop after pref and do not rank their pref chapters. Sadly, this is pretty common at IU.

The 135 who attend preference and do not get bids is where I get annoyed. With 22 chapters, if each chapter took 6 more girls all of those 135 would be placed. Six more women added to a pledge class of 38 would not kill anyone. Some chapters will take QAs, some refuse to do so. This is what gives IU such a bad rep recruitment wise. I can't feel sorry for the ones who drop, but these women I feel terribly for. I wish IU pr Panhellenic would fix this if nothing else.

I hope this helps.

The 146 women who were not matched were women who sadly received no invitations at some point during the process. This can happen most often to women who rank based on "tiers" or reputation of chapters. They have a full first round and then my preference they have no chapters left. This is why when I give advice to IU PNMs, I encourage them to rank wisely. Do not rank the chapters who traditionally take the smallest pledge classes as all of your tops. Keep a chapter or two who traditionally take larger classes to better the odds.

The 376 who withdrew may have withdrawn at any time. Some choose not to come back early to continues the process even though they made grades. Some drop when they get invitations from chapters in which they are not interested. Some drop after pref and do not rank their pref chapters. Sadly, this is pretty common at IU.

The 135 who attend preference and do not get bids is where I get annoyed. With 22 chapters, if each chapter took 6 more girls all of those 135 would be placed. Six more women added to a pledge class of 38 would not kill anyone. Some chapters will take QAs, some refuse to do so. This is what gives IU such a bad rep recruitment wise. I can't feel sorry for the ones who drop, but these women I feel terribly for. I wish IU pr Panhellenic would fix this if nothing else.

I hope this helps.

I agree. That would be a good place to start getting things on the right page there. And not a burden for anyone...

So does that mean that getting dropped from every single house is not as common as a lot of the moms and crying girls make it seem? I've heard IU is working to take more girls this year and DPhiE might take more since it's their first year recruiting. I also heard grade cuts might have slightly worse since they raised the GPA and I personally know Atleast 10 girls not coming back because of grades.

just to repeat our guru, there ARE chapters that take quota additions. Looking at previous numbers and using a little logic should get you the information you need.

Ranking isn't a critical part of the process if, like most girls, you get cut by chapters after each round. But frankly a pristine round one can be deadly further down the process.

While you should rank honestly, you don't really know what you want that soon. So then strategy comes into play. Try to remember that this process is weighted in favor of the sororities, not yours. They're the ones doing the picking, not you.

Last year, IU recruitment was changed at the last minute due to a lovely blizzard. We went from having four rounds to three. With that change they had the skits the same day as the open house round. It went so well that they decided to do it again this year. If you have a good skit it works, but after seeing the same skit 22 times, it is hard to keep the energy up.

IndianaSigKap- Any suggestions on figuring out who are the chapters that traditionally take smaller pledge classes or even how many they have taken the past few years? How does a PNM find that out? It's not published by Panhel and the pledge classes can swing wildly depending on how many women a chapter graduated(or didn't come back) the year before. I know of one that traditionally takes a small pledge class and another that traditionally takes a larger one. Other than that, it seems like they are all in the about the 45-55 range. I think it would be really helpful for the PNMs if this information was made known to them during recruitment.

Also, I wanted to comment on the DPhiE comment about them taking a large pledge class because they are new. (edit: this convo was from another thread on this site. I forgot about that when I posted this, but still feel it's relevant so I'll keep it.) Don't count on that. They colonized with 150 members and took a 20 member Fall pledge class. (My daughter has a friend who's a DPhiE) I don't speak for them but I expect them to take a pledge class around the average for IU. There is this perception by some at IU that everyone can get into the unhoused chapters because they don't adhere to "bed quota" and will therefore take anybody, but they are good, proud chapters and competitive to get into as well and don't take "everybody."

Good luck to all the PNMs going through recruitment and try not to take cuts personally. My daughter is a PNM this year as a Sophomore. She was one of the 317 young women, who didn't get a bid after participating in preference round last year. I knew of IU's recruitment reputation, but I have to say I didn't expect even for a minute that she would not receive a bid from one. She took it really hard, seriously considered transferring, but ultimately is back at IU and trying once more. I'm nervous for her, but proud of her for trying again, because it's hard to put yourself back out there for fear of rejection again. Last year was such a mess because of the snow/polar vortex and only having 3 parties because of it. My fingers are crossed that she has a more positive experience this year. If anyone has any suggestions I can pass along to her, please DM me and I will pass them along to her. Thanks!

It's a bit tedious, but most of the IU chapters post a list of their pledge class members somewhere on their websites. You can find a list of all 22 chapter websites at http://www.iubpha.com/22-chapter-profiles and poke around on each site to find a list of members by pledge class. There are also old threads on GreekChat.com from post-recruitement last year that listed the pledge class sizes. I followed the IU threads closely last year while my daughter was going through the "snowmageddon" recruitment, and I'm watching them again this year now that she is on the other side of recruitment. I wish your daughter a positive recruitment!

If you look at the numbers on this site and know every chapter is taking quota you can figure it out. I mean it doesn't matter that much to you if they set their quota at 40 and actually took 42 - it's going to feel as harsh. I would try to keep a couple that take significantly more on the list. Even they probably don't take every quota addition offered them but your chances are greatly improved if one or more of your pref chapters take 65 plus. Or so. I wouldn't want a girl to be so clinical that she makes her choices strictly by the numbers. These are FRIENDS after all.

Last year's IU data:

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
January 9-20, 2014
No Quota Set
Campus Total Not Set
Registered PNMs=1,900
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Kappa Alpha Theta Beta 1870 (37)
Kappa Kappa Gamma Delta 1873
Pi Beta Phi Indiana Beta 1893 (52)
Delta Gamma Theta 1898 (47)
Delta Zeta Epsilon 1909 (45)
Alpha Omicron Pi Beta Phi 1916-1996/1999 (54)
Delta Delta Delta Delta Omicron 1917 (40)
Sigma Kappa Tau 1918-1994/Colony Spring 2016
Theta Phi Alpha Zeta 1920-1959/2012 (65?)
Phi Mu Delta Alpha 1920-?/1980 (47)
Phi Omega Pi Xi 1922-?
Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Mu 1922 (50)
Zeta Tau Alpha Alpha Xi 1922 (48)
Chi Omega Theta Beta 1922
Kappa Delta Sigma Upsilon 1923-1941/1955 (48)
Alpha Delta Pi Beta Alpha 1926-1952/1984 (71)
Sigma Delta Tau Upsilon 1940 (46)
Alpha Xi Delta Beta Pi 1946-1970/1987 (44)
Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Delta 1946-1952/Colony Spring 2014 (160)
Alpha Gamma Delta Beta Delta 1947
Alpha Phi Beta Tau 1947 (48)
Gamma Phi Beta Beta Phi 1957 (46)
Alpha Epsilon Phi Epsilon Epsilon 1958 (42)
Sigma Sigma Sigma Epsilon Xi 1989-1994
Alpha Sigma Alpha Epsilon Phi 1990?-1994/2013 (Fall 22/Spring 43)

I'm sorry if it sounded like I was insulting DPhiE or Unhoused chapters by insinuating that they don't have standards or anything. I just meant that since we don't have much to go on they might take a larger PC. Anyways we go back tommorow, which I am excited for because I get to meet so many new people! I'll let you guys know how IU's recruitment goes for me and my friends.

I also apologize if I sounded like I was attacking your or your post - I was only trying to clear up some misperceptions, but it's easy for the wrong impression to be perceived when writing a post. Good luck with recruitment!

Also, thank you to those who have helped with numbers, advice and support for me to give to my daughter. She wants this so bad and I truly believe she will make a great sister, if given the opportunity. Wish IU's recruitment was not this way, but it is what it is. Best wishes to everyone participating this week. Stay warm, it's going to be brutal, but at least no snowpocalypse like last year.

@tlynn I hope things go well for your daughter.