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Originally Posted by Dtjb
Again, all can vent as much as they want but I attended Indiana, participated in the process, and had a fabulous Greek experience. It's an amazing school qnd a great Greek system regardless of the process. I went thru rush not having any connections and not being a legacy and it worked out great for me. I'm tired of hearing all the negative. Sounds to me like unless "all get a bid" it's not going to be fair to the moms. There's nothing special about some thing that everyone can just get. If that's how Alabama does it then it must not be all that special to be in a house and I question how close a "house" of 200 women could be if they take these enormous pledge classes. Furthermore, if there's anyone out there that would think an IU cheerleader would not have a better chance of getting a bid to a house regardless of being present, is living in a dream world. Activities/ resume matter and that will gain big points for houses recruiting girls. I get parents hurt for their kids, but much of what I'm reading is the mentality of "everyone should get a trophy and everyone should get a prize and everyone should win" which is proving to be not very real-world. Lots of competition out there...not everyone is going to get in. That doesn't make the process unfair, it makes it competitive.
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That is not a fair assessment of what other campuses do. In other places the system is maximized to place as many qualified women as possible. The problem with IU seems to be that many qualified women go without bids.
Campuses that don't use bed total (ie. just about everybody but IU) still have standards. Our national organizations set standards for academics and character, and chapters often set standards that are above those minimums. PNMs still have to be decent people and have extracurriculars and grades.
I'm not clear how shutting out qualified PNMs makes IU sororities better than sororities in other places.