Indiana University 2014 Recruitment

[pinksequins]

Good luck to all on both sides today! If ever there was a recruitment where not to take selection (or non-selection) personally, this must be it. In fact, if IU is adamant about cramming an event into the least time possible, perhaps it can simply resort to sorting hats and be done with it. : )

[IUHoosiergirl88]

The lists of houses PNMs get back can always be a surprise, but this year it may be even moreso a shocker. Don't be shocked if a chapter cuts you, and don't be shocked if a chapter invites you back. Keep an open mind, list ALL chapters on your MRABA, and go into bid day open to anything.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Good luck to all on both sides today! If ever there was a recruitment where not to take selection (or non-selection) personally, this must be it. In fact, if IU is adamant about cramming an event into the least time possible, perhaps it can simply resort to sorting hats and be done with it. : )

Recruitment is very much like the Sorting Hat. If the hat says "Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw?" those are your choices. You can't choose Gryffindor, even if your BFF is a Gryffindor. You can't chose Slytherin, even if your mom was in Slytherin.

So you swallow hard and you choose Hufflepuff and find out that Hufflepuffs are AWESOME and you can't imagine being in any other house.

[Mom64]

My daughter is also devastated. 2 unhoused and a house she claims she is not interested in at all. I am pleading with her to finish the Rush process but she is adamant she does not want to pledge any of these houses. This was not the experience we hoped for. It was grueling and for my daughter with little reward. I'm not sure if the original schedule would have given her a different outcome but I find it hard to believe that meeting girls for 45 minutes two times is an accurate way to judge whether they're a good fit.

[ASA_Princess]

Originally Posted by KDCat

Recruitment is very much like the Sorting Hat. If the hat says "Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw?" Those are your choices. You can't choose Gryffindor, even if your BFF is a Gryffindor. You can't chose Slytherin, even if your mom was in Slytherin.

So you swallow hard and you choose Hufflepuff and find out that Hufflepuffs are AWESOME and you can't imagine being in any other house.

Love this way of thinking for recruitment at any school

[suze81]

Mom 64. The EXACT same thing just happened to my daughter...only un-housed chapters This is impossibly cruel. Especially that her legacy house just dropped her.

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Please remind your daughters that your greek experience goes far beyond the 4 years you are present at IU, so whether your chapter has a house or not doesn't matter. Don't discount chapters just because they don't have a house--ALL chapters at IU are quality and will provide you with a great greek experience, both in undergrad and beyond

[Mom64]

Originally Posted by Sigmapsimom

Having been through the recruitment process myself, I totally get what you're saying, but you can't compare recruitment at IU with any other school's recruitment experience.

It's not a matter of not being happy with Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff has a house. She doesn't see an unhoused sorority as a sorority it feels like more as a club.

Agreed, and where it seems that living in a sorority house is so much of the Greek culture at IU (thus the bed quota) most girls feel like the unhoused sororities are second rate.

[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.

For the Moms who are encouraging their daughters to continue, I saw colony pictures for one of the unhoused chapters and the members were adorable! Based on nothing but photos, they "looked" like the types of pretty, fun girls next door that I would have sought out back in the day. Please continue to encourage them take another look at the stripey top and the polka dots (even if they dreamed about the purple paisley.)

[pinksequins]

As for housing, it does seem attractive. When I joined, the NPC groups were not housed but became so midway through my collegiate term. Having been in both, there are big pluses and minuses to both: Not having a house meant the sisters went to extra lengths to ensure they hung out together, and that made for enduring friends. Same with a house! BUT one often felt that one was both the recipient of TMI and had little privacy. Pros and cons both ways.

[pinksequins]

Question to the Hoosiers: If more groups allowed seniors and (I know it's a long shot) others to liv e out, the"gotta be in a housed chapter" sentiment might diminish a bit?

[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

[pinksequins]

Since there could be bad weather again next year, I hope they develop a better contingency plan.

Right now, Ole Miss recruitment seems like a puppy dog by comparison! : )

[Mom64]

Daughter has pulled herself together and has decided to finish the process. I don't know if her mind will change but am proud of her for not quitting.

[pinksequins]

And you should be proud! : ). There is nothing to lose -- and possibly lots to gain -- by attending Pref parties.