IU soroity rush statistics
 

Hi,

I am a concerned father regarding IU's sorority rush statistics.

Well, if I'm correct, they have a bed rush, meaning that the sororities only take the amount of girls that they have available space for in their house.

IU is possibly the most competitive campus for sorority recruitment in the US ( over 400 women went bidless in 2011). You daughter should still go through if its something she's really interested in, but she should make sure she keeps those grades up, doesn't commit social blunders, secures recommendations for every chapter, and keeps an open mind by being open to each group. Best of luck to her, as difficult as it may seem, it only takes 1 bid.

I don't understand. What is your concern? How does it involve you and what can you do to solve it?

He's probably concerned about his daughter getting a bid or not, as any parent would be.

"Soroity" is my favorite misspelling of "sorority" ever.

PConn, if you have a specific question about the process you can PM me. I am an alumna of Indiana and have acquaintances who are still there on campus. I would advise you to search the threads posted here about IU and read through those.

I don't think this is a real parent.

The misspelling doesn't necessarily mean anything. My dad is extremely intelligent, but he always complains that he has fat fingers and therefore can't type well, so he makes typos all the time, haha. Not saying that this is definitely a real parent, but it is possible!

And lest we forget, there are 2 new unhoused sororities who seem to be taking large pledge classes. This isn't going to fix anything or guarantee any girl a bid (I'm sure they are still being selective) but it can only help. I would advise anyone making their ranking decisions to keep 1 or both of these chapters in play after the first round. This, as much as any campus, is a place for strategic ranking, not just ranking in order of favorites. All of the chapters are good; it's just that some are good and SMALL.

Dubaisis, Do you know if either of those chapters will have houses anytime in the near future?

I know that the Theta Phi Alpha chapter is actively working to acquire housing.

I don't have any inside scoop but I would guess 1-they REALLY want to get housing and 2-it won't happen in the collegiate life of most of their current and new members. Like most colony situations, the work these girls do now will pay off for the next generation of sisters. But I also think, based on the success in terms of numbers alone, that there is sufficient interest in sorority life that housing is AN element of the experience, but a lot of girls are bright enough to understand it's not the whole deal. Hopefully Sigma Kappa and the few others who are currently unrepresented there will get on board soon. There is absolutely room for everyone and then some. Plus, with the success of the unhoused chapters, the housed chapters may ease up about having live out sisters. But I understand that the campus culture is different than other campuses, and they like that. I don't expect a full turn to, for instance, only allowing the sophomores to live in, but having your chapter size be such that the seniors don't have to live in would help balance the interest in sorority membership with the desire to keep a rein on your chapter size.

I agree with Dubaisis that there may not be new housing within the next 3-4 years. I have been told that the chapter had been presented with a few different housing options ( probably off campus) and I know our HQ have also been working on housin for our IU chapter. I am so proud of our chapter's overwhelming success thus far, and it looks like Alpha Sigma Alpha is also doing very well.

I am bolding this- because you are correct. The campus culture is different. I will be interested to see the quotas in January to see if those groups that currently have live-out options keep quotas about the same as last year or if they reduce the size of their NM class- in order to reduce the number of live outs.

I hope TPA (and ASA) find housing- and that if one finds housing the other does as well.