Indiana University Recruitment

[GammaPhi88]

My friend at IU just sent me this. I thought it was interesting.

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=68062

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by GammaPhi88

My friend at IU just sent me this. I thought it was interesting.

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=68062

Interesting points:

"Fischer is one of 150 women who went all the way through the recruitment process but did not receive a bid to join one of the 19 sorority chapters early this semester. Only 52 percent of women who start recruitment receive bids, a placement percentage that is almost 25 percentage points below the national average, said Kris Bridges, a college Panhellenic chair for the National Panhellenic Conference, the national governing body for sororities."

The first, which was rejected by a vote of 6 to 13, would have changed IU’s system to an all-January recruitment. This would decrease the number of women who go through recruitment just for the experience and have no intention of joining a sorority. Berg said she thought the change was “too much, too soon.”

"To increase the number of bids, IU’s Panhellenic Association voted in April on two measures to change the recruitment process."

The first, which was rejected by a vote of 6 to 13, would have changed IU’s system to an all-January recruitment. This would decrease the number of women who go through recruitment just for the experience and have no intention of joining a sorority. Berg said she thought the change was “too much, too soon.”

"The second measure, however, passed at a meeting on April 14. In the upcoming recruitment period, women will now preference two more sororities in the first and second invite rounds."

"Previously, women selected and ranked 12 sororities in the first invite round and six in the second. Now, they will choose 14 and eight, respectively."

[IUGreekGirl]

Both of the changes are very artificial.
Doing an all-January rush eliminates the women who don't make grades or don't want to give up the last week of winter break for rush. Thus the affiliation rate will increase.
But on the downside- a lot of quality women decide to go though 19 party just to see how they like the system, and then decide from there where to go. By changing the date of 19 party to the end of winterbreak, you lose those women who would have rushed had they been able to attend 19 party. This was voted down- the dates are still the same.

The second change is the party numbers. It used to be 19-12-6-3... now it's 19-14-8-3. The idea is that by not having to cut so many houses off your list so soon, you get more of an opportunity to see where you might fit in the best. It also allows chapters to get a more thorough view of the PNMs.

Bed quota system is still in place- aka nothing is really changing.