Indiana University Recruitment 2020

[2023txmom]

I am not sure how informal works and I'm sorry to say reading the comments in my "no experience" mind did not provide clarification.
I don't want my daughter to get her hopes up, but also want to support her the best way I can!

My DD is gorgeous (like everyone's DD)
She finished 1st semester with a 3.86
We have lived internationally for 8 years and have been in TX for 5.
She was a competitive gymnast training 30 hours a week 9level 10 USAG) until her senior year
Graduated top 6% of her class in a class of 1078
She had a great rush and truly enjoyed the majority of it!
22 to 16 matches to 8 matches to one pref invite.
She received notes from 2 of her favorite houses during the parties. They were very personalized to her conversations with her "interviewer"
She did not get invites to pref from either of those houses. She did go to the house that extended her an invite, but did not feel right taking someone else's spot as she did not feel the connection there and dropped.

[2023txmom]

Thank You!

[80sHoosier]

2023txmom

I think what I had to learn to accept when both my girls went through, one at IU and one at a top 15 academic university, was that this is not a scholarship or job interview. While they might have outstanding resumes and be attractive girls, they really have to click with those recruiting them. And IU I think there are so many going through that there is some aspect of luck and meeting the right people. At my other daughter's school there were about 400 PNMs and the sororities knew quite a bit about each one before they hit the door. At IU, I think they really don't. It probably is a little easier to fall through the cracks if you are from out of state and not from an area where there are already a lot of IU greek members. Some sororities use reccs more than others, too.

There are 22 sororities at IU and 18 of those have been established there for 30+ years in permanent large houses. While these sororities get "ranked" on other websites, the reality is that they all have attractive, accomplished young women. I would not hesitate to accept a bid from any of these. Then there are four that are newer to campus, either unhoused or using more of a rental situation of a house. They are also strong organizations and 3 of the 4 did well during formal recruitment. Those I can understand a PNM hesitating a little more and saying is this really the group for me, but it seems that many have and have had great experiences.

[2023txmom]

Thank you for your advice. She asked her Rho Gamma about contacting the houses via the emails provided and was told to wait until Friday.
I will pass your feedback on to her

[Cookiez17]

Good luck to her! I was able to find my home during informal and it's just as rewarding an experience.

[*winter*]

https://www.amazon.com/Paying-Party-.../dp/0674088026

This book and its companion, Parenting to a Degree, are set at IU. A research team embedded in a dorm, then followed the women for five years. It talks a lot about sororities. It's an interesting read for anyone curious about IU.

[2023txmom]

Ordering now

[Sister Havana]

I have Paying for the Party but I didn't know about Parenting To A Degree - I'll have to read that one!

The dorm floor in Paying for the Party is in McNutt, which is where I lived my freshman and sophomore years at IU. (I was pretty sure that's where it was based on the excerpts I'd read before I got the book. There's a diagram of the floor layout in the book and that cemented it.) It was really interesting to read about a place I knew so well!

[*winter*]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

I have Paying for the Party but I didn't know about Parenting To A Degree - I'll have to read that one!

The dorm floor in Paying for the Party is in McNutt, which is where I lived my freshman and sophomore years at IU. (I was pretty sure that's where it was based on the excerpts I'd read before I got the book. There's a diagram of the floor layout in the book and that cemented it.) It was really interesting to read about a place I knew so well!

Aha! So that's the dorm. Thank you.

The book is good, but I believe there was a built in bias because the dorm was so self selecting- she got a bunch of people who were already a lot alike (and a few misfits who signed up for that dorm randomly). That would be my only caution to readers.

[Cookiez17]

Oooo I'm gonna get that one if google play has it.

[FSUZeta]

how did I miss that thread?

[Cookiez17]

I tried to read it.... It was quite the cluster and I couldn't get through it lol.

On the other hand congrats to everyone who got through this week successfully!

[Sister Havana]

Here’s the informal recruitment page from the IU website - they do have the additional information there. Besides the form and the list of chapters doing informal, it does give the dates of events for the two groups doing open invite events, plus the specific contact email addresses for all the groups doing informal. There’s also a note that Alpha Chi Omega is no longer extending bids.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

Here’s the informal recruitment page from the IU website - they do have the additional information there. Besides the form and the list of chapters doing informal, it does give the dates of events for the two groups doing open invite events, plus the specific contact email addresses for all the groups doing informal. There’s also a note that Alpha Chi Omega is no longer extending bids.

I couldn't reach the exact site from your link, but clicked-on to the blue-hilited IU panhellenic google site it suggested instead to get through.

ETA: Okay, your link works now, thank you.

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

I couldn't reach the exact site from your link, but clicked-on to the blue-hilited IU panhellenic google site it suggested instead to get through.

Oops - fixed the link. It should work now.