Indiana University 2014 Recruitment

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by hopeful mom

My daughter just texted me that she got no bid. apparently they text the girls that dont get bids early

I'm so sorry.

This is the part of sorority life I really dislike.

[silver_blue]

Originally Posted by hopeful mom

My daughter just texted me that she got no bid. apparently they text the girls that dont get bids early

I am so sorry for your daughter. I am in my mid-20s now, but I went through IU formal recruitment TWICE before eventually transferring and joining Pi Phi at an SEC school (that's how hard IU is, think about that).

I think the daughter of hopeful_mom is a prime example of girls at IU maximizing all of their options and still ending up bid-less. Too often people on here lament that PNMs aren't being open-minded or are being elitist. There is a PROBLEM where a PNM goes to three pref rounds and still ends up bid-less. That just did not happen at my alma mater.

[AXOrushadvisor]

Originally Posted by hopeful mom

My daughter just texted me that she got no bid. apparently they text the girls that dont get bids early

I am so sorry. To fully maximize your options and walk away with nothing is the reason this system is unfair and just wrong. Someone needs to do the right thing. It is time.

[cinder1965]

Originally Posted by hopeful mom

My daughter just texted me that she got no bid. apparently they text the girls that dont get bids early

I am so very sorry. I hate this part.....I hope you can go see her...

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

It was only a few years ago that another huge Big 10 institution had a strange quota/total policy. Remember Ohio State and the firm cap at 100 members and quota of 25 every year? How did that get changed? Who drove that?

I remember that and I vaguely recall that the sorority members complained, honestly. Then there was a vote to change it just for that one recruitment to see how it went. It went well, so they switched permanently. The OSU culture relating to that was rather different than IU is, though. IU is a totally different animal.

[stbemtpynest]

Thetaphimom, I also really enjoyed your post. It sounds like such a wonderful group of women doing so many wonderful things. Going into recruitment, my daughter did feel strongly that living in a house was part of what she wanted in her “Greek experience”. She was not interested in status or reputation, she did not feel that she is “better than that”, but she wanted a house, right or wrong. It is interesting you mentioned that at first your daughter was disappointed with her bid from Theta Phi Alpha. Perhaps it was for the same reasons? So remember, that is where these girls are now – in your daughter’s shoes on bid night. My daughter and I had a long talk on Sunday when her preference party list did not turn out as she had hoped. We talked a lot about what she really wanted from her sorority experience, and whether or not a house should be a deal-breaker. Halfway through our conversation it’s like a light bulb went off, and she realized that maybe a house isn’t as important as sisterhood with a group of women where both sides feel a connection. Tears turned to laughter and by the end of the conversation she was really excited to be going to the party at the unhoused sorority. How convenient that our conversation was right before the party. I hope her newfound excitement was felt by the girls who met with her.I hope that if my daughter gets a bid from an unhoused sorority, she will find her true “home” and realize that living in a sorority “house” is not what makes or breaks the sorority experience.

[Thetaphimom]

Good luck to your daughter. I would love to meet you if you become a theta phi mom

[IUHoosiergirl88]

For those of you that are curious, girls will begin arriving at their new homes around 6 pm!

[Blue2]

I saw where Kappa Alpha Theta will be getting 37 new members tonight!!!! If you get any IU Bid Night pictures from tonight please post on the "Bid Day Pictures" forum. Also looking to see other just completed Indiana Bid Day pictures from Butler, Hanover and Valparaiso. Good luck to all the IU PNMs and MOMS waiting on pins and needles.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Blue2

I saw where Kappa Alpha Theta will be getting 32 new members tonight!!!! If you get any IU Bid Night pictures from tonight please post on the "Bid Day Pictures" forum. Also looking to see other just completed Indiana Bid Day pictures from Butler, Hanover and Valparaiso. Good luck to all the IU PNMs and MOMS waiting on pins and needles.

Their twitter account says they are welcoming 37. I hope it is 37 and not 32!

[IUHoosiergirl88]

I'll be posting pictures as soon as I can rip them off Facebook for all of you to see

[AZTheta]

I'm so sorry, hopeful mom. Thinking of you, and your daughter, and the hundreds of others who are also going to be going without a bid today.

[hopeful mom]

She is in class, so I cant talk with her, I offered to drive down but she said she is ok? I will talk to her when she gets out of class. I guess if your daughter has not gotten a text telling her no bid yet she may have one coming! thanks for all your kind words.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by hopeful mom

She is in class, so I cant talk with her, I offered to drive down but she said she is ok? I will talk to her when she gets out of class. I guess if your daughter has not gotten a text telling her no bid yet she may have one coming! thanks for all your kind words.

Very sorry to hear this. I hope she gives some serious thought to the new colonization.

[camom]

Hopeful Mom,
I am so sorry to hear about your daughter. Sending hugs to both of you. It is because if IU's rush process that my daughter choose another school. IU is losing some great young women!