Indiana University 2014 Recruitment

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

True! But the sorting hat somehow seems less harsh/painful than this year's IU recruitment. I do hope that Panhel reflects on the decision to drop a round.

They'll definitely go back to the normal recruitment pattern (21-12-8-3) next year, this year was just compressed because of the movement of 21 party and then weather impact

[Mom64]

Originally Posted by IUHoosiergirl88

They'll definitely go back to the normal recruitment pattern (21-12-8-3) next year, this year was just compressed because of the movement of 21 party and then weather impact

While that's great for next year, doesn't help soften the impact to this year's PNMs. The amount of hours in a day were unfair and had to have an affect on rushing. It would be interesting to see when the invited 3 party PNMs met with the sororities they were asked back to. I wouldn't be surprised if a large majority where at the beginning and very few from the 9:25-10:10pm time slot.

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Originally Posted by Mom64

While that's great for next year, doesn't help soften the impact to this year's PNMs. The amount of hours in a day were unfair and had to have an affect on rushing. It would be interesting to see when the invited 3 party PNMs met with the sororities they were asked back to. I wouldn't be surprised if a large majority where at the beginning and very few from the 9:25-10:10pm time slot.

They're split as evenly as possible to make the parties smaller--so if ABC can invite back 400 girls, they're split roughly 400/4 or 100 girls/party. Sometimes you end up with 125 in one round and 75 in another, but it all is relatively even. In addition, sometimes our first party was our smallest one, so don't read into that in the least.

[Mom64]

Originally Posted by IUHoosiergirl88

They're split as evenly as possible to make the parties smaller--so if ABC can invite back 400 girls, they're split roughly 400/4 or 100 girls/party. Sometimes you end up with 125 in one round and 75 in another, but it all is relatively even. In addition, sometimes our first party was our smallest one, so don't read into that in the least.

It's not so much about the size but the amount of time the PNMs have been going to houses. My daughter started at 9:00am and finished at 10:10pm besides a lunch break and a 45 minute break (where she rode the bus around because there was no where convenient to stay warm) had to "be on".

The actives had to be exhausted as well. Not too sure how after 12+ hours decision making can be made with a totally clear head.