Indiana University 2014 Recruitment

[pinksequins]

This sounds brutal for both sides! Despite best intentions, the selection process on both sides could seem so arbitrary. The metaphor that comes to mind is giant piles of assorted clothing and the need to get out the door in 30 seconds, so you just grab a couple of items and conclude, "Uhhh, fine, the striped top!" (When if you had the time to think about it, you might have picked the purple paisley.

[FSUZeta]

Love your analogy pinksequins.

[stbemtpynest]

My daughter said there are 4 timeslots for the 3-party today, so all PNMs get at least one break. Is that how it has been in past years? My concern is that due to the modified schedule and less time spent with each PNM leading up to 3-party, the houses will bring back more girls for 3-party today than usual, and the big disappointment will be between 3-party and bid night. That would be the worst! Although none of it is good...

[carnation]

When do the girls get their invitations?

[stbemtpynest]

She said between 11:00 - 11:30 AM EST

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by Mom64

And the actives spent 45 minutes with you at 21 party and another 45 minutes at 12 party and they're choosing who to invite to 3 party.

My daughter believes the cuts are going to be brutal. The PNMs she knows, herself included, have no idea how they are doing. Most of them were surprised by chapters who did not invite them back to 12 as well as chapters who did. As we have no point of reference is this how it usually is or has the revised schedule made it so?

We knew rushing at IU was tough but this is bordering on insanity.

Originally Posted by stbemtpynest

My daughter said there are 4 timeslots for the 3-party today, so all PNMs get at least one break. Is that how it has been in past years? My concern is that due to the modified schedule and less time spent with each PNM leading up to 3-party, the houses will bring back more girls for 3-party today than usual, and the big disappointment will be between 3-party and bid night. That would be the worst! Although none of it is good...

Moms, I am sending happy thoughts your way. I had a lot of anxiety last January when my daughter was going through a competitive recruitment, and I sincerely wish your daughters the best.

It's not atypical for campuses to have an extra party, to keep numbers down and maintain the intimate atmosphere at Pref, so I wouldn't worry about that. I do think it will be ultra critical to maximize all options and list ALL pref chapters on the MRABA card. As pinksequins said, this year is rushed and it will be difficult for both sides to get a good feel for each other. There are bound to be extra surprises with where PNMs land. Keep all options open!

[ForeverRoses]

Four parties for preference has been an option for chapters for at least the past for years so that is not a change this year.

[stbemtpynest]

Thanks Sciencewoman and ForeverRoses. The schedule published on the IUB PHA website only shows 3 parties, so I thought this was yet another last-minute change.

[pinksequins]

Good luck to all on both sides today! If ever there was a recruitment where not to take selection (or non-selection) personally, this must be it. In fact, if IU is adamant about cramming an event into the least time possible, perhaps it can simply resort to sorting hats and be done with it. : )

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Good luck to all on both sides today! If ever there was a recruitment where not to take selection (or non-selection) personally, this must be it. In fact, if IU is adamant about cramming an event into the least time possible, perhaps it can simply resort to sorting hats and be done with it. : )

Recruitment is very much like the Sorting Hat. If the hat says "Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw?" those are your choices. You can't choose Gryffindor, even if your BFF is a Gryffindor. You can't chose Slytherin, even if your mom was in Slytherin.

So you swallow hard and you choose Hufflepuff and find out that Hufflepuffs are AWESOME and you can't imagine being in any other house.

[ASA_Princess]

Originally Posted by KDCat

Recruitment is very much like the Sorting Hat. If the hat says "Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw?" Those are your choices. You can't choose Gryffindor, even if your BFF is a Gryffindor. You can't chose Slytherin, even if your mom was in Slytherin.

So you swallow hard and you choose Hufflepuff and find out that Hufflepuffs are AWESOME and you can't imagine being in any other house.

Love this way of thinking for recruitment at any school

[Mom64]

Originally Posted by Sigmapsimom

Having been through the recruitment process myself, I totally get what you're saying, but you can't compare recruitment at IU with any other school's recruitment experience.

It's not a matter of not being happy with Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff has a house. She doesn't see an unhoused sorority as a sorority it feels like more as a club.

Agreed, and where it seems that living in a sorority house is so much of the Greek culture at IU (thus the bed quota) most girls feel like the unhoused sororities are second rate.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by Sigmapsimom

Having been through the recruitment process myself, I totally get what you're saying, but you can't compare recruitment at IU with any other school's recruitment experience.

It's not a matter of not being happy with Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff has a house. She doesn't see an unhoused sorority as a sorority it feels like more a club.

Thanks.

I am currently advising a unhoused sorority at a campus that ONLY has unhoused sororities. I'm sure that the Greek ladies here would be glad to hear that they aren't really a sorority.

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Originally Posted by KDCat

Thanks.

I am currently advising a unhoused sorority at a campus that ONLY has unhoused sororities. I'm sure that the Greek ladies here would be glad to hear that they aren't really a sorority.

Amen. Took the words right out of my mouth

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Sigmapsimom

Exactly - they are ALL unhoused. If all or even half the chapters did not have houses, it would not feel that way. It's the culture at IU and you should not compare it to your campus.

My university did not have sorority houses either, but we lived together on a dorm floor that the university put aside for us, hence "our house."

The point is that a physical building does not make a group a sorority. Sisterhood, and all the things that go along with it, make it so. We understand the differences between campuses, but just because you think these chapters are "more like clubs," doesn't mean that they are.

In some cases, they may have a stronger chapter and sisterhood than the housed sororities.

(sorry I'm just jumping into this convo.. I've been on vacation and I'm trying to catch up! )