[IndianaSigKap]

As an alumna of IU, I can tell you that while the process is grueling it can be rewarding in the end. What the stats you looked at don't accurately show are the number of women who withdraw from recruitment when they don't get invited back to chapters they "want". In previous years, women attended open house rounds before grades came in, there were always women who were removed from the process for grades and those women, since they started the process, were counted in the final placement rate. This is slightly misleading. Last year's recruitment was the first in which the entire recruitment took place second semester and with all of the bad weather, I am not sure how accurately those stats reflect the overall picture.

Is it possible to finish recruitment and not get a bid? Yes it is. Unfortunately, it does happen. All PNMs need to have an open mind, there will be 22 chapters and I cannot imagine not being able to find a group to call your own within chapters the size of IU's. I am on campus several times a year for sporting events and other events, I can honestly tell you that I have met wonderful women in each and every chapter there.


To be successful in IU's recruitment it takes a mix of having an open mind, ranking your chapters wisely after each round and just plain old fashioned luck. Don't let people scare you away if it's something you really want to do. I, along with thousands of other women, have made it through the process at Indiana so there are happy endings.