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Originally Posted by 33girl
Because they 1) are embarrassed at not meeting their quota and don't want to publicize that further by holding open parties; 2) they only have one or two open spots and holding open parties would be a giant waste of time and get up way too many women's hopes for just one or two spots. In this case, it's much much much easier to bid a woman who is known by a majority of the chapter. There's no problem with someone coming in late and feeling out of place if she already knows the sisters. This happens at ALL schools, not just Evil Awful IU.
ETA: There is no concrete evidence that you don't need the same grades to get an open bid. That is a rumor. No national HQ is going to be OK with a woman who has a 2.0 getting a bid, ANY bid, when there are tons of women with 3.5s and above rushing, no matter if every single sister in the chapter knows her.
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I'm hearing this same thing from my daughter. This is a girl with very close ties to the house who apparently did not make grades for formal rush. Keep in mind all the chapters at IU have grade requirements for formal rush that are not only higher than IU's Panhellenic requirements but also much higher than the national chapters' requirements. I have no idea whether this is somehow allowed within the rules, but I can see how it might technically be just fine if her grades met the Panhellenic and national chapter standards. I know it's hard to stomach, (it definitely caused a stir with my daughter just as she is starting to heal from all this) but I get it. I think it was a unique situation.
This whole thing has been such a fiasco, I'm just not willing to get all bent out of shape about 1 or 2 girls.....
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