Indiana University Recruitment

[33girl]

Originally Posted by IUGreekGirl

Any new chapter that extends would not get a house.
We thought this would be a problem but we did a survey for women who went through recruitment and did not get a bid-- 66% of women said that they would join a chapter even if it didn't have a house. That's a pretty substantial number (about one thousand people). So we're hoping the survey is a good indication of a potential chapter's success.

Ohhhhhhh man.

You should have done a survey of women BEFORE they even rushed and asked if they would join a sorority without a house. Of course when they've gone through rush and failed they'll say "houses don't matter! I just want to be in a sorority!! I don't care if I have to live in a cardboard box!"

I'm sure when my group came on campus (early 90s when Greek life everywhere was huge) we had a similarly large bunch of women saying the house doesn't matter, only the people, but we never got a house, and surprise surprise, we are no longer there.

Maybe a group like this can sustain a chapter if the national chooses to do so, but like I said, they'll be on a lower level and probably referred to as "you know, that fake sorority without the house."

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Ohhhhhhh man.

You should have done a survey of women BEFORE they even rushed and asked if they would join a sorority without a house. Of course when they've gone through rush and failed they'll say "houses don't matter! I just want to be in a sorority!! I don't care if I have to live in a cardboard box!"

This is exactly what I was thinking! Of COURSE girls are going to say that in a survey after they've been cut by the majority of the chapters/relaeased entirely.

I bet they also said things like "Oh I don't care about any of the reputations either!"