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Originally Posted by silver_blue
We talked about this a few pages ago, there are lots and lots of women (think hundreds) who maximize their options and still go bidless at IU. This isn't a school with normal quota.
I agree with you typically at any other school, but at IU there are so many PNMs who do all the things Greek Chat recommends and still end up bidless and that's why we really think something needs to change.
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My daughter and I scoured the Greek chat site - she went back and forth over break to make sure her rush outfits were appropriate - she even practiced rush with her Greek friends from home... She missed war,-ups every day with her dance department to allow her possible absence from 21 and 12 to not be a problem. She maximized every round got 9 houses of 12 after 21 first round because of dance conflict sheet and she got 3 into 3 party - she had an open mind - visited with in-housed and housed. In the end she got nothing. Friends suicided and got their suicides- she just wanted a house. As I said before and maybe not a "liked" thing... She wants a house- she wants to live in. She has always wanted it since visiting her cousins at their house and since going on college visits. Maybe that is wrong but that is what she wants. She is bid less and sad but she's registered for informal recruitment which who even knows if that's really a thing. And if not she will hang with her friends that received bids and hope for the best next rush season. It's been a very tough 24hrs especially living 12 hours from IU - but I told her this doesn't define you. It will hopefully make her stronger. She pulled her chin up hugged her roomie who got her first choice when she walked into the room bid shirt and all last night... even though her roomie was still on the fence when filling out the recruitment forms.
Tonight her dance friends took her for dinner and she is collecting herself and figuring out how to move on. I hope by some miracle a house decides they have an opening for her at some point if not now next year because truth be told she will rock as a sister.
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