[kreich]

I attended IU's recruitment this past spring and I believe that the number of women not placed after preference was more in 100+ range - not 700.

The 700 figure that she stated was not after preference. I'm sure it was based on the comparison between the number of women who register for recruitment in the Fall semester and the number of women who were placed at the end of recruitment. Unless things are different than they used to be, 1/3 - 1/2 of the women who walk through the doors at 19-party will not join a house in January whether it is because they don't return for the remainder of recruitment, drop out during recruitment week, or don't get a bid after preference night.

take a look at the size of the chapter houses on the IU sorority websites. they look HUGE to me! Like they house more than just 40-50 girls, which seems to be about the size of the houses where I went to school.

Over 100. The year I was a senior they added onto our house and instituted a "no live-out" policy, which meant that anyone already living out had to move back in. There were over 100 active members.