recruitment at UT

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by mtm

This is still confusing at best. It seem improbable that a PNM, like my daughter at IU, would receive the maximum 12 call backs (the average on her floor was 4) and then the maximum 6 call backs (the average on her floor was 3) and not receive a call back from any sorority for the next round. Six of the sororities rated her high enough for a call back twice. It almost seems as though the PNMs who receive the maximum number of call backs are at a disadvantage since such a PNM is forced to rate 6 sororities instead of, for example, a PMN with two call backs. More call backs seem to create a greater risk not matching.

The number of invites a girl gets doesn't give them any advantage over other girls.

Just because you get a full schedule for the first 2 days, doesn't mean you are any more likely to get a bid than anyone else.

Most girls actually don't have full schedules all the way through recruitment. Girls have gotten less than the max number every day and still gotten bids.

Girls don't always get bids. Even girls who had full schedules for a few rounds. It happens. It's unfortunate, but it happens.

You can't really analyze it. It's just how recruitment goes sometimes.

The best thing for her to do is maybe check out informal (if there are any opportunities at IU), or get involved in other areas of campus life.

[LucyAnne17]

Originally Posted by mtm

This is still confusing at best. It seem improbable that a PNM, like my daughter at IU, would receive the maximum 12 call backs (the average on her floor was 4) and then the maximum 6 call backs (the average on her floor was 3) and not receive a call back from any sorority for the next round. Six of the sororities rated her high enough for a call back twice. It almost seems as though the PNMs who receive the maximum number of call backs are at a disadvantage since such a PNM is forced to rate 6 sororities instead of, for example, a PMN with two call backs. More call backs seem to create a greater risk not matching.

Wait, did she make it all the way to pref night, or did she not get called back after 6 party? Because all of the information about "cross cutting" is correct, but if she didn't make it past 6 party, then that is a completely different story. For example, PNMS don't really "match" at this point during recruitment like they do on bid night. Say out of the 6 she visited, she ranked XYZ last. But the next night (what is it a IU? 4 parties? 3?) the five sororities she ranked higher than XYZ released her, while XYZ extended her another invite. Even though she opted to "cut" YXZ, she would still go to XYZ's party the next day. Does that make sense? Recruitment can be a really confusing process until you've gone through it from an active member's point of view.

It does seem weird that she would be cut after 6 party after full lists the previous days, but sometimes things happen. If she made it all the way to pref night and was released, I would tell her to try again next year. However, if she was released after 6 party, I would probably advise her to find another kind of organization...