U of Iowa: New Recruitment Schedule Setup for Fall 2010

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by DeltaZeta09

I am a student at Iowa and more than 250 people dropped during formal recruitment. The major reason though that people drop is because they get so frustrated they didn't get in one chapter they give up on greek life all together. I am looking forward to this system as girls fresh out of high school will hopefully have those two weeks to see college and high school are very different and that they don't need to join what their friends do.

OR the girls will go to parties the first few nights of school, meet various sorority women and think "the girls in XYZ are So Cool! I want to be in their house!" Unfortunately, I can definitely see that happening, too.

I don't know the best way to "fix" the system at Iowa. But it's definitely not ideal, and hasn't been for a while.

[DeltaZeta09]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

OR the girls will go to parties the first few nights of school, meet various sorority women and think "the girls in XYZ are So Cool! I want to be in their house!" Unfortunately, I can definitely see that happening, too.

I don't know the best way to "fix" the system at Iowa. But it's definitely not ideal, and hasn't been for a while.

If girls happen to meet a sorority member prior to rush, that is no different in my opinion as a girl who meets fun girls before informal and knows she at least likes them. I think it will help because even if a girl says "I saw XYZ at this house party they are so cool" she has two full weeks to see if other ones are good as well.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by DeltaZeta09

If girls happen to meet a sorority member prior to rush, that is no different in my opinion as a girl who meets fun girls before informal and knows she at least likes them. I think it will help because even if a girl says "I saw XYZ at this house party they are so cool" she has two full weeks to see if other ones are good as well.

It would be awesome if it really worked out like that, and hopefully it will. I still have my reservations, but maybe all the campus needs is time.