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Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?
If the comments on that NPC blog are any indication, that doesn't surprise me at all. I understand they are upset, but thinking that investigative shows like Dateline would be interested in how their snowflakes didn't get a bid is delusional.
I'd be curious to know how many of the unplaced PNMs who had "perfect" recruitment experiences until being cross cut after preference ranked the Jordan and unhoused chapters low enough to drop them in the earlier rounds.
One other thing too. All the complaints about not knowing the odds at IU. Is IU really that secretive about the placement rate or are these girls simply in denial and don't think it could possibly happen to them?
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Yes, yes, and yes.
I almost made your middle point earlier tonight, but I didn't know how to make it not sound abrasive or negative. Each year, I know at least two or three girls going through recruitment at IU. Last year, all three of them ranked the "popular" chapters at the top. One of them got 14 back and got most of her top 14. Number 2 got 12 and was not pleased to return to a few of them. The third was the hardest hit, she only got 8 back and she had better stats "on paper" than the other two. She had more high school activities, leadership positions, lettered in multiple sports, etc. She was extremely upset, I spent over an hour on the phone with her. It's pretty easy for me to talk with them objectively since SK isn't there.
Number one ended up going to two prefs and did NOT get a bid. She transferred at end of the year. Number two fell in love with one of those "less popular" chapters at 8 party, went to pref at that chapter and another, SIPed and happily got a bid! She's a great fit and loves her chapter dearly. Number three dropped after 8 when she only had two lesser popular chapters left. She was offered a COB bid from one of her chapters at 14 party, but she had already signed an apartment lease and didn't want to break it. She did not go through again this year, nor is she interested in joining one of the unhoused chapters. No girl thinks these sort of things are going to happen to them, if they all did, no one one would sign up for recruitment.
This year, the girls I know had perfect rushes until pref and they did drop those "lesser popular" chapters after 20 party. I think one of them truly regrets it and hopes one of them calls her for COB, if there is any. IU chapters COB on the sly, for some reason COB has a stigma attached to it.