2015 Indiana Recruitment

[IndianaSigKap]

I wanted to post the tentative recruitment schedule, as it is different from other years. IU will be conducting recruitment in its entirety after break, a true deferred recruitment. As many of you know, Indiana used to have the open house rounds during the first semester and then the rest of recruitment was after break.

PHA Formal Recruitment Schedule, January 2015

22-Party/ Skits
Thursday Jan. 8: Skit Round Day 1
8:00- 8:40
9:00- 9:40
10:00-10:40 Drink Round
11:00-11:40
12:00-12:40
1:00-1:40 Drink Round
BREAK: 1:40-3:00
3:00-3:40
4:00-4:40
5:00-5:40 Drink Round
6:00-6:40
7:00-7:40

Friday Jan. 9: Skit Round Day 2
8:00- 8:40
9:00- 9:40
10:00-10:40 Drink Round
11:00-11:40
12:00-12:40
1:00-1:40 Drink Round
BREAK: 1:40-3:00
3:00-3:40
4:00-4:40
5:00-5:40 Drink Round
6:00-6:40
7:00-7:40

16 Party
Saturday Jan. 10: Philanthropy and Service Round Day 1
9:30- 10:15
10:35- 11:20
11:40-12:25 Drink Round
12:45-1:30
BREAK 1:30-3:30
3:30- 4:15
4:35- 5:20 Drink Round
5:40- 6:25
6:45- 7:30

Sunday Jan. 11: Philanthropy and Service Round Day 2
9:30- 10:15
10:35- 11:20
11:40-12:25 Drink Round
12:45-1:30
BREAK 1:30-3:30
3:30- 4:15
4:35- 5:20 Drink Round
5:40- 6:25
6:45- 7:30

Second Invite/ 9-Party
Saturday, Jan. 17
8:00-9:00 Drink Round
9:20-10:20 Drink Round
10:40-11:40 Drink Round
12:00-1:00 Drink Round
1:20-2:20 Drink Round
BREAK 2:20-4:00
4:00-5:00 Drink Round
5:20-6:20 Drink Round
6:40-7:40 Drink Round
8:00-9:00 Drink Round

Preference Round/ 3-Party (Drinks/Dessert Every Round)
Sunday Jan. 18
12:00-1:15
1:35-2:50
3:10-4:25
4:45-6:00 (optional 4th round)

Bid Night
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015

[ComradesTrue]

40 minutes for first round of recruitment? Is that common? I always thought those were more like 20 minute rounds... especially if you have 22 of them!!

When do classes start in relation to this? Mon the 12th? This leaves me exhausted just reading it.

[KSUViolet06]

^^^I've seen first rounds go anywhere from 20-35 min. Depends on the school, but I think they can make it that long because they spread it out over two days.

They'd never manage 22 skit rounds in a day, unless they were 10 minutes long. lol.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

I assume classes start on the 12th?

[IndianaSigKap]

Yes, classes begin Monday, Jan. 12. There is a day off for MLK between preference and bid day, as well. I am curious to see how dragging out recruitment this long will affect (tire out) the women in the chapters. So glad I am not having to recruit now!

[Cheerio]

Interested to see if 40 minute skit round means fewer PMN complaints along the lines of, "They didn't have the time to get to know me--no wonder I only received five second round invites!"

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Interested to see if 40 minute skit round means fewer PMN complaints along the lines of, "They didn't have the time to get to know me--no wonder I only received five second round invites!"

I wouldn't think so, you're still going to allocate probably 3-5 minutes of that round to getting PNMs in and seated (40-5 = 35), 8-12 minutes for the skit (35-10 = 25), and then 3-5 minutes getting them back out...so you're still at roughly 20 minutes of actual conversational time. That even excludes picking up your PNM and getting them to their respective rush location, which is probably another few minutes!

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Interested to see if 40 minute skit round means fewer PMN complaints along the lines of, "They didn't have the time to get to know me--no wonder I only received five second round invites!"

Last year, IU recruitment was changed at the last minute due to a lovely blizzard. We went from having four rounds to three. With that change they had the skits the same day as the open house round. It went so well that they decided to do it again this year. If you have a good skit it works, but after seeing the same skit 22 times, it is hard to keep the energy up.

[AZTheta]

I'm exhausted just reading that schedule. Grueling for the actives and the pnms.

[IUgirl95]

I have a question about statistics from previous years, on 2013 it says that 146 women were not matched in the process, does that mean that those were the women that didn't get to go to Party 3? I was trying to figure out my chances, If I maximize all my options.I figured that the placement rate for that year is actually around 87% if you take out grade drops and girls that withdrew themselves( even if they had "bad" options they still had options I'm guessing)

[Titchou]

No, "not matched" means that at bid matching time (after pref and the cards have been signed), they did not match and didn't get a bid. It refers to the end of recruitment, not any lack of invitations during the process. Ones who had no invitations at any point in recruitment are considered to have been "released" from recruitment.

[IUgirl95]

1,735 women registered
1,025 received bids
146 women not matched in process
182 women released for grades
135 participated in preference round and did not receive bids
376 withdrew themselves from recruitment
Nearly 64% of women registered joined chapters
here are the numbers which is why I was confused, so if 136 women participated in Preference and didn't get bids where does the 146 come into play? I was trying to figure out how many girls actually just get Dropped by every chapter as these horror stories online say.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by IUgirl95

1,735 women registered
1,025 received bids
146 women not matched in process
182 women released for grades
135 participated in preference round and did not receive bids
376 withdrew themselves from recruitment
Nearly 64% of women registered joined chapters
here are the numbers which is why I was confused, so if 136 women participated in Preference and didn't get bids where does the 146 come into play? I was trying to figure out how many girls actually just get Dropped by every chapter as these horror stories online say.

I'm also confused...it seems the two bolded descriptions are the same. I'm wondering what the "146 not matched in process" means, if it doesn't mean that they didn't bid match after pref. Does anyone know if this is really "released along the way?"

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by IUgirl95

1,735 women registered
1,025 received bids
146 women not matched in process
182 women released for grades
135 participated in preference round and did not receive bids
376 withdrew themselves from recruitment
Nearly 64% of women registered joined chapters
here are the numbers which is why I was confused, so if 136 women participated in Preference and didn't get bids where does the 146 come into play? I was trying to figure out how many girls actually just get Dropped by every chapter as these horror stories online say.

The 146 women who were not matched were women who sadly received no invitations at some point during the process. This can happen most often to women who rank based on "tiers" or reputation of chapters. They have a full first round and then my preference they have no chapters left. This is why when I give advice to IU PNMs, I encourage them to rank wisely. Do not rank the chapters who traditionally take the smallest pledge classes as all of your tops. Keep a chapter or two who traditionally take larger classes to better the odds.

The 376 who withdrew may have withdrawn at any time. Some choose not to come back early to continues the process even though they made grades. Some drop when they get invitations from chapters in which they are not interested. Some drop after pref and do not rank their pref chapters. Sadly, this is pretty common at IU.

The 135 who attend preference and do not get bids is where I get annoyed. With 22 chapters, if each chapter took 6 more girls all of those 135 would be placed. Six more women added to a pledge class of 38 would not kill anyone. Some chapters will take QAs, some refuse to do so. This is what gives IU such a bad rep recruitment wise. I can't feel sorry for the ones who drop, but these women I feel terribly for. I wish IU pr Panhellenic would fix this if nothing else.

I hope this helps.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by IUgirl95

1,735 women registered
1,025 received bids
146 women not matched in process
182 women released for grades
135 participated in preference round and did not receive bids
376 withdrew themselves from recruitment
Nearly 64% of women registered joined chapters
here are the numbers which is why I was confused, so if 136 women participated in Preference and didn't get bids where does the 146 come into play? I was trying to figure out how many girls actually just get Dropped by every chapter as these horror stories online say.

The 146 women who were not matched were women who sadly received no invitations at some point during the process. This can happen most often to women who rank based on "tiers" or reputation of chapters. They have a full first round and then my preference they have no chapters left. This is why when I give advice to IU PNMs, I encourage them to rank wisely. Do not rank the chapters who traditionally take the smallest pledge classes as all of your tops. Keep a chapter or two who traditionally take larger classes to better the odds.

The 376 who withdrew may have withdrawn at any time. Some choose not to come back early to continues the process even though they made grades. Some drop when they get invitations from chapters in which they are not interested. Some drop after pref and do not rank their pref chapters. Sadly, this is pretty common at IU.

The 135 who attend preference and do not get bids is where I get annoyed. With 22 chapters, if each chapter took 6 more girls all of those 135 would be placed. Six more women added to a pledge class of 38 would not kill anyone. Some chapters will take QAs, some refuse to do so. This is what gives IU such a bad rep recruitment wise. I can't feel sorry for the ones who drop, but these women I feel terribly for. I wish IU pr Panhellenic would fix this if nothing else.

I hope this helps.