Indiana University 2014 Recruitment

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Originally Posted by 33girl

I think the thing is that women who hate the idea of living in the house are for the most part not rushing at IU to begin with because they know it's a requirement. Just like women who would not want to be in a large chapter wouldn't rush at an SEC school.

I agree to a point, though IU is such a wonderful school especially if you're in state. Purdue and IU don't have a ton of overlap in programs offered (this is on purpose, so the two schools don't compete in the same areas), so I think not attending IU is probably good advice if you don't want to live in a house, but what if you're a music major from Indianapolis? Seems kind of ridiculous to not attend IU and if you want to go greek you're screwed? The system needs to be fixed.

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Devil's advocate post.

Say IU did change to quota/total, made everyone's house capacity the same and Greek life in general became less elite? Would there still be as many women rushing?

Everyone is yelling that the sorority women like their elite status and that's why they don't want to change. I would say that there are women out there rushing only to gain that status and if it diminished, so would their interest.

And if you're reading this thread don't get your panties in a bunch thinking I'm talking about you or your daughter because I'm not...unless, of course, I am, and that's something you have to be honest with yourself about.

[stbemtpynest]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Devil's advocate post.

Say IU did change to quota/total, made everyone's house capacity the same and Greek life in general became less elite? Would there still be as many women rushing?

Everyone is yelling that the sorority women like their elite status and that's why they don't want to change. I would say that there are women out there rushing only to gain that status and if it diminished, so would their interest.

Devil's advocate response . And I am not trying to offend anyone or say one side is right or wrong...

So what if Greek life at IU became less elite? So what if fewer women rushed? Is that really a bad thing?

[Sigmapsimom]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Devil's advocate post.

Say IU did change to quota/total, made everyone's house capacity the same and Greek life in general became less elite? Would there still be as many women rushing?

Everyone is yelling that the sorority women like their elite status and that's why they don't want to change. I would say that there are women out there rushing only to gain that status and if it diminished, so would their interest.

And if you're reading this thread don't get your panties in a bunch thinking I'm talking about you or your daughter because I'm not...unless, of course, I am, and that's something you have to be honest with yourself about.

I doubt it. There would still be a social pecking order of chapters. Some will always be considered more elite than others, just like at OU or Alabama.

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Devil's advocate post.

Say IU did change to quota/total, made everyone's house capacity the same and Greek life in general became less elite? Would there still be as many women rushing?

Everyone is yelling that the sorority women like their elite status and that's why they don't want to change. I would say that there are women out there rushing only to gain that status and if it diminished, so would their interest.

And if you're reading this thread don't get your panties in a bunch thinking I'm talking about you or your daughter because I'm not...unless, of course, I am, and that's something you have to be honest with yourself about.

I honestly don't think it would diminish the girls going through. Look at Alabama and Ole Miss where being greek is still seen as incredibly elite: they don't all live in the houses and interest in their recruitments is growing, not waning.

If you want to compare to a more similar school, I think Illinois is a really good comparison to IU and they're doing just fine. I think the elitist mindset kicks in once PNMs become new members, but I don't think it's as much of a thing before they actually join.