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Originally Posted by suzy88
2013:
- 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
2012:
- 1,720 women registered
- 890 received bids
- 252 women were not matched throughout the process
- 74 released for grades
- 196 participated in preference round and did not receive bids
- 504 withdrew themselves from recruitment
- Nearly 52% of women registered joined chapters
- Average chapter size is 156
2011:
- 1,511 registered for recruitment
- 908 receieved bids
- 85 were released for grades
- 108 participated in preference round and did not receive bids
- 128 were released total
- 340 withdrew themselves from recruitment
- 60% of women registered joined chapters
Here are the statistics, cut and pasted directly from IU Panhellenic's website. The cuts are NOT due to grades. Bed quota is the issue. I believe many women withdraw themselves from recruitment on this campus because they do not feel they are being matched with chapters that they connect with or they are turned off by the nature of this rush. The point is, there aren't enough places for them all in the first place.
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I agree that all of the story is not grades, but if you look at the numbers, it is not ALL bed quota either. An average of 394 women withdraw completely rather than being open minded and taking what their options are and giving it a try. EVERY school cuts and at every school women are faced with not having the options they thought they would or should. That was 21.7% last year, 29.3% in 2012 and 22.5% in 2011. As you can see a lot of the fault for the dismal placement numbers lies in the hands of the PNMs who won't take the invitations offered to them. Not all groups fill their slots, so there is room for improvement, but that has to come from both sides.
Getting rid of bed quota won't magically give all these women their top choices. Doesn't work that way.
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