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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
How many fraternities are there at IU, and what are their sizes like? Are they all over the board?
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Hopefully IUHoosierGirl88 can come back soon and give more current insight to this question. But there are 5 fraternities on Third Street and 1 about a block away. I am sure each of these chapters has over 120 members, maybe even closer to 150. Then there are 13 or 14 chapter houses on Jordan. There are quite a few unhoused chapters/colonies listed on the IFC website, but it doesn't look like it's been updated in ages. There are two "underground" fraternities too who are relatively strong but aren't recognized by IU because of disciplinary reason.
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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
The problem is girl goes to 20 parties, ranks the 4 traditionally weakest chapters as her bottom 4. She gets invited back to 16 parties (I can't remember how the days break down so I'll make up the numbers) and all 4 of the "bottom" houses are off her list. Then at 8 party day she gets back all 8 of the strongest. For preference she gets back 3 of the most competitive chapters on campus and is on every one of their 2nd bid list. At any other school she would be a quota addition, but here, after having a stellar rush, she ends up with zero..
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Yes! This exactly. For some reason, chapters don't cut enough after 20 party. It could be because no one knows how grades are going to be or who's going to come back because of the weather, etc. But many times, girls do put the lesser popular chapters as their bottom 6. They get their top 13 or 14 back. The more popular chapters make their heavy cuts and then women find themselves with very few chapters left. If I had a dollar for every time this happens....
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Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor
I would love to see some stats but I'm thinking they keep them closely guarded. What you need to see is how many women are being placed. The next stat I would like to look at is how many are fully participating and not being placed. Again, for me that is the single biggest issue that a girl can go to 3 preference parties and walk away with nothing. My thought is if you liked her enough to invite to preference couldn't you see her as a sister?
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If Susie Rushee is going back to three Third Street chapters who have the smaller chapter houses. The quotas could be 35, 33, 40. These chapters are highly sought after and very few women are going to pass up the chance to attend these prefs. These chapters are strong recruiters, very polished with gorgeous houses and great reputations. They will invite back 105, 99, 120 back to preference. Yes, they may really like Susie Rushee and she is one of their top 150 women out of 1600, but it is possible for her to be #104, #86, #112 on second bid lists of all three chapters, which sucks because she ends up with no bid. However, she may have been #55 on the first list of a chapter who bids 56 women routinely, but she ranked them 15th on her list after 20 party. Again, if I had a dollar...