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Originally Posted by BlueCarnation
I'm sorry for the young women at IU--or anywhere--who didn't get bids into a sorority. Sorority membership has made me a better person and has introduced me to some of my best friends. I am still active as an alumna.
That said, some of the posts in this thread makes me cringe. Sure, we may not like how things are done at IU or some other school--I personally can't imagine a pledge class of 100 girls--but who am I to say that something MUST change? You know what? Sorority membership is, and always has been, exclusive. Isn't that part of the reason why people want to be in them? Each sorority was founded on a particular premise: mine was initially a professional music society. By the mere practice of "membership selection," a sorority is exclusive.
Why should we force any chapter to take girls it doesn't want? What if your group was told "well, you have to take 20 extra girls because the girls who didn't get bids are sad so we need to make them happy." I don't think you'd be too happy about it.
You know what? Life stinks sometimes. If you go to IU and you want to join a sorority, you know you might now get a bid. If not getting a bid is going to ruin your college experience, then that is not AXO or ZTA's or Panhellenic's fault.
Big companies only have a certain amount of spots for jobs. Should we force them to hire more people than they have work for?
Again, I'm sorry that a large number of girls didn't get bids. Hopefully they will find other ways to get involved or will strongly consider joining the new Delta Phi Epsilon chapter. But for any of us who are not a part of the current system to say that it needs to be changed is insulting to the current members and their organizations. We would not appreciate outside involvement in our organizations, so why do we feel we have the right to get involved in theirs?
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Sorry, but no. I know how their system works as I went through recruitment there before transferring. It is absolutely Panhellenic's fault. They are so attached to their antiquated bed rush system that it leave FORTY PERCENT of women who want to be in a sorority without bids. I'm guessing you didn't go to IU and know nothing about how it works there.
These groups wouldn't be taking 20 girls "they don't want." It's not like they'll have full pledge classes and then just take 20 random girls that didn't end up somewhere. They'll just invite more girls to pref and take a larger pledge class out of women they obviously liked enough to invite to pref.
Is this so hard to understand? It shouldn't be. It's how EVERY OTHER SCHOOL conducts recruitment.
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