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Originally posted by aephi alum
I think the story with IU is that they are on a November-January recruitment schedule. When the PNMs go through round 1 in November, the freshmen have no grades and no GPA yet. They finish the semester and get their grades, and then the sororities will cut anyone who doesn't meet their GPA requirements. If a PNM's GPA is very low, she will be dropped from recruitment entirely. At most schools, where recruitment takes place during a period of a few days, PNMs will know their GPA going in, and if it's too low they just won't register in the first place.
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That is a big part of it. But there are also a lot of women who drop out because they aren't comfortable with the houses they're left with (that was me) and still others who don't match. Making it to pref night is no guarantee that you'll get a bid, just because of sheer numbers. (especially true if you're a sophomore, and if you're a junior or above, forget it...I think all the houses have at least a 2-3 year live-in rule and I don't think any of them take juniors or above.)
I agree IU desperately needs to expand. There are 19 sororities and quota is generally between 45-50. So there are about 855-950 bids to be given per year. The problem, from what I understand, is that IU will not let a new sorority come to campus without having a plan for a house, and there just isn't much, if any, available land for houses on campus these days. (Someone from IU can tell me if I have this wrong!) There are some vacant houses, since a few chapters have been closed, but those houses are either still owned by the fraternity (with plans to recolonize) or are sold to the University or to other organizations. (The Alpha Sig house was sold recently to a Christian group, the Pike house is being sold...I think to IU but I could be wrong. The old AOPi house was sold to IU and now houses the School of Informatics.)
This doesn't seem to be a problem for the fraternities, though. Several have colonized or recolonized recently and are unhoused.