Indiana University Recruitment 2017 - Page 5

IndianaSigKap · #1 01-08-2017, 10:29 PM

IU does use RFM, it just does not use quota total to determine chapter quota.

IUpnmmom · #2 01-08-2017, 10:39 PM

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IU does use RFM, it just does not use quota total to determine chapter quota.

Can you explain, RFM if all houses are taking a minimum of 55 girls.

Titchou · #3 01-08-2017, 11:25 PM

RFM is more than just the number of New Members. It drives the percentages that you can invite to every round, based on your history, in order to make quota- whatever number than may be.

IUpnmmom · #4 01-08-2017, 10:29 PM

Talked to DD she is exhausted! Have to wait and see for Friday, by then she will have caught up on her sleep.( hopefully)
Good Luck to ALL the PNM!

IUMomma · #5 01-10-2017, 10:09 PM

This 5 days off between Recruitment weekends may push me right over the edge! I clearly need more to do in my life, and DD goes from freaking out, to ignoring the whole thing. Ugh. Is it Friday yet?

IndianaSigKap · #6 01-10-2017, 10:32 PM

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This 5 days off between Recruitment weekends may push me right over the edge! I clearly need more to do in my life, and DD goes from freaking out, to ignoring the whole thing. Ugh. Is it Friday yet?

Wine. It is the answer to everything. A little calms you down, a lot makes you forget everything. :-)

IUMomma · #7 01-11-2017, 05:24 PM

Looks like I picked a bad couple of weeks to quit drinking wine

Titchou · #8 01-11-2017, 08:31 PM

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Looks like I picked a bad couple of weeks to quit drinking wine

Yeah - New Year's Resolutions need to wait when you have PNM going thru.

IUMomma · #9 01-11-2017, 08:55 PM

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Yeah - New Year's Resolutions need to wait when you have PNM going thru.

^Exactly.

IndianaSigKap · #10 01-13-2017, 06:38 PM

Good luck to everyone involved as the second weekend starts in a little under 30 minutes!

IUpnmmom · #11 01-13-2017, 07:24 PM

Yes! DD was upset her two favorites did not ask her back. I told her to focus on the ones who did, keep an open mind. Be HAPPY Be POSITIVE!! They saw something in you and want to get to know you better. It only takes one.............

Some girls on her floor have decided to DROP because none of the ones they liked are listed. I'm heart broken- to know come preference many girls could be dropped from Recruitment and end up bid less. My DD included!

I just don't get the exclusivity. Sorry, just had to say what was on my mind. I do hope in the coming years IU can make,going through this process not so brutal. Everyone deserves a home.

IndianaSigKap · #12 01-13-2017, 07:34 PM

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Yes! DD was upset her two favorites did not ask her back. I told her to focus on the ones who did, keep an open mind. Be HAPPY Be POSITIVE!! They saw something in you and want to get to know you better. It only takes one.............

Good advice. :-) Hope she has a great time tonight and tomorrow!!

IUpnmmom · #13 01-13-2017, 07:55 PM

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Good advice. :-) Hope she has a great time tonight and tomorrow!!

So do I! Thanks, for the positive notes.

KSUViolet06 · #14 01-13-2017, 10:09 PM

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Yes! DD was upset her two favorites did not ask her back. I told her to focus on the ones who did, keep an open mind. Be HAPPY Be POSITIVE!! They saw something in you and want to get to know you better. It only takes one.............

Some girls on her floor have decided to DROP because none of the ones they liked are listed. I'm heart broken- to know come preference many girls could be dropped from Recruitment and end up bid less. My DD included!

I just don't get the exclusivity. Sorry, just had to say what was on my mind. I do hope in the coming years IU can make,going through this process not so brutal. Everyone deserves a home.

While I do not necessarily think "everyone" deserves to be in a sorority, it continues to boggle my mind that IU PHA sees the placement rates and refuses to make the switch to a standard recruitment using a typically set quota.

I have said this before, but on some level, I think those with the power to change this, choose not to because they enjoy the perceived prestige that comes with like 60%-70% of women receiving bids (typically placement rates are in the high 90s.)

sorority_woman · #15 01-13-2017, 11:29 PM

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Yes! DD was upset her two favorites did not ask her back. I told her to focus on the ones who did, keep an open mind. Be HAPPY Be POSITIVE!! They saw something in you and want to get to know you better. It only takes one.............

You are a wise mom. I hope she takes your advice.

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Some girls on her floor have decided to DROP because none of the ones they liked are listed.

This is unfortunate. I think every girl who is lucky enough to get a bid should take it and run. Sororities offer so many lifetime benefits to their members and most sorority experiences on the same campus are so much more similar than freshmen realize.

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I'm heart broken- to know come preference many girls could be dropped from Recruitment and end up bid less. My DD included!

This is not worth focusing on right now. It's only going to stress you out to think about this.

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I just don't get the exclusivity. Sorry, just had to say what was on my mind. I do hope in the coming years IU can make,going through this process not so brutal. Everyone deserves a home.

I went to the only school in the country where everyone gets a home at the end of recruitment if they follow the rules, and it's not all it's cracked up to be--it's a system where a houses are forced to take some girls they absolutely do not want.

I think all schools should use the standard system, but I don't see that changing at IU (based on what I have read and what some IU alumnae who are my sorority sisters told me) or at my alma mater.