Wow, I'm excited to hear what happens next. Good luck to your cousin, from one PNM to another I hope she finds a house that she enjoys.

The talk about houses is interesting b/c @ LMU, we do not have a row or houses for the Greeks. *sorry to barge about that, I just wanted to put it out there* :D

I use my cell phone as my alarm clock now...and I am not even in college anymore!

Love it love it love it.

The next rounds start this week! :)

I went to Purdue and this never happened that I have heard of. I know that none of the girls in my rush group had this happen. Matter of fact we were told we could not meet with girls. If we did we would be dropped. I know athlete's that could not hangout with girls on the team b/c someone might consider it dirty rushing.

Here's the schedule for this week:

First Invite- January 4 & 5, 2006
Second Invite- January 6, 2006
Preference Round- January 7, 2006
Bid Day- January 8, 2006

I am rushing tomorrow and I am so excited! I don't know If I will join, but I am excited for rush!

First invites, night 1 of 2

I'm sorry this won't be one of the very detailed rush threads that everyone loves to read (I walked into the Tri-Gamma house and was immediately handed a cranberry scone by a sister in an ivory colored ballgown. Their "princess" theme was emphasized by the enormous Swarovski chandeliers above and thick red carpeting below) as my cousin is not terribly verbose. I also want to protect her anonymity, as we all know the arm of GC is far-reaching. Plus, she's so tired at the end of these days that I don't want to push her for lots of information.

She was cut from several of her top choices, but not Carolina Crown, which was her #2! Today she visited:

Cavaliers - still definitely not interested in them
Blue Devils - not really her style, but she kind of likes them
Seattle Cascades - said she liked them. They and Cavaliers did a similar theme, and Seattle seemed to do a much better job.
Troopers - did nothing for her. They used a very popular theme that she said was sort of cute, but she didn't connect with the girls themselves.

Tomorrow she'll visit Carolina Crown, Phantom Regiment, Colts, and two other houses that I can't remember (sorry!).

well, your cousin fared better than I did. I only got three invites and honestly I didn't pick any of them and one was my legacy (which I am not 100% sure about yet)

I guess I'm not the only one who didn't get 12 invites then?

If you care about your recruitment experience AT ALL, for the love of God, ENOUGH ALREADY.

You don't know who might be reading this. I'll bet $$$ that lots of girls from IU lurk here, especially during rush to see if their house is being talked about.

Put it this way:

We know what campus you're at.
We know you're a legacy as your sister's a member of a house there.
We know your sister's house because you've already posted in their forum.

It doesn't take a Sherlock to figure out your identity, even if it's IU.

If I were a girl in your legacy house or the other two houses you were invited back to, I'd think twice about extending you another invite because, well, it just doesn't seem like you want to be there...just because you're bitter and didn't get more invites like the other girls did.

Just sayin'.

I'll be on the look out for matching t-shirts and vera bradley bags.

Since IU does not use a quota system, the chapters are very heavy-handed when it comes to cuts. If you got even one invite, consider yourself very lucky. From what I've heard, less than 50% of the girls that start Recruitment at IU end up with a bid. And yes, this issue has been discussed many times on GC, so just do a search.

Keep an open mind and be sincerely interested at parties. You may ultimately decide not to join, but then it will be an option instead of not receiving a bid. I can guarantee that being Greek is a wonderful experience that will last you a lifetime if you want it to. Best wishes and let us know how everything turns out.

Thank you so much for the update!! Best wishes to her and good for her for keeping that open mind!!!

Since I'm not an NPC girl, I'm not sure I understand this. I know there's been a million threads about the quota system, but do you know of one that specifically talks about schools that do not use the quota system, and what the ramifications are?

RedRoseSAI, I believe IU does quota individually, based on spaces available in the chapter.

Here are a few links:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...hlight=Indiana

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...hlight=Indiana