indiana university recruitment questions/advice

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Originally Posted by VAgirl18

As an alum from IU, I can tell you that its ridiculously competitive. Things have changed in the past decade, and seriously, recs are taken with a grain of salt. Houses send thank you notes to those who recommended them, they might get another look, and they may get invited to dinner. Other than that, they really don't mean that much. Legacies are more important, although IU's houses don't normally have many legacies..they end up going to other houses. IU's rush is nowhere near conventional and the biggest reason that women don't receive bids is because they suicide, are rude to the initial houses they don't want only to realize that they should have been nicer, or don't have strong enough grades. Oh, and the question everyone hates the most..."what's your liveout policy?" The point of joining is to get the whole experience and the question tells sorority members that the PNM isn't really focusing on the big picture or wanting the full experience.

Good advice. Being nice is universal to ALL recruitments.

I've seen it happen where girls are rude to all but one or 2 groups, then are stunned when they end up with like one invite because the ones they wanted didn't want them, and neither did the ones they were so rude to.

Girls, you never know who will cut you or ask you back so it's best not to shoot yourselves in the foot by being rude.