IU PNM Numbers

[Justhere]

Does anyone know how many girls signed up for IU recruitment that begins in January? My daughter has signed up and I'm nervous for her. I've read about the bed rush situation and how girls could go through, maximize their options and still not get a bid because there are too few beds vs interested girls. I'd hate for her to get her heart broken. BUT I can't keep her from every disappointment in life and it's her choice. I can only tell her what I read and encourage her to be true to herself, accept anything that might come her way and hope for the best. Just curious if another record number of girls have signed up. Thanks for any info.

[IndianaSigKap]

IU Panhellenic should release that information. They did last year via twitter.

[Justhere]

My daughter said she had heard more than 2100 had registered but that's just rumor I guess until Panhel announces. Thank you, I will watch Twitter.

[IndianaSigKap]

Yes, there are between 2100 and 2200 women registered at IU. I spoke with an active from one of the chapters yesterday at the football game. She is on the recruitment team for her chapter and she confirmed the information.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

Yes, there are between 2100 and 2200 women registered at IU. I spoke with an active from one of the chapters yesterday at the football game. She is on the recruitment team for her chapter and she confirmed the information.

Is that the biggest in the country now?

[sigmagirl2000]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Is that the biggest in the country now?

it won't be in terms of # of women placed

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Is that the biggest in the country now?

No. Alabama is still the biggest. I think we had 2300 this year. Would have to double check for exact number.

[DubaiSis]

And I'm putting it out there right now. If you want to improve your odds of getting a match at the end, try to keep at least 2 chapters on your list that are known to take large pledge classes. Not because they are less selective but because your odds are simply better at a match and because they more closely use RFM as it is intended (quota additions).

And a friendly reminder that IU is like NO OTHER SCHOOL where it comes to rush. Having a great rush with all the most competitive chapters through to the end is not necessarily the best thing. If you get matched, awesome. But there is no guarantee you will get matched. Steel yourself against this possibility right now. Hope for the best but be realistic about your chances. About half the girls going through rush will get placed.

[Xidelt]

Are there 3 unhoused chapters now? I'm thinking the unhoused chapters are ASA, Dphie, and Theta Phi. How do these chapters decide the size of their pledge classes?

[ASUADPi]

with so many PNM's going bidless, why doesn't IU change from a bed rush to RFM? I guess I just don't understand the whole bed rush thing. All I "see" is disappointment for over 1000 girls who won't be considered because there aren't enough "beds". Do SEC schools have such a high number of bidless women?

[DubaiSis]

Read back through the 80 bazillion posts on this issue. The answer is because that's how they want it.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

with so many PNM's going bidless, why doesn't IU change from a bed rush to RFM? I guess I just don't understand the whole bed rush thing. All I "see" is disappointment for over 1000 girls who won't be considered because there aren't enough "beds". Do SEC schools have such a high number of bidless women?

SEC schools, even with enormous numbers of PNMs that go through recruitment, generally place 85-90+ percent of women that rush. At Ole Miss, fall pledge classes are often more than 100 girls, but we do an outstanding job of placing girls that want to be in a sorority.

[RedRaider16]

Texas A&M (an SEC school) has had a rule (every year before this year) that if you make it to pref night, you'll be guaranteed a bid. So many girls rushed this year that they had to turn girls away, not anywhere near 1/2 of the girls (that's crazy) but some. I'd imagine the numbers this year were similar to what thetalady said, 85-90+% and a lot of snap bids.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by RedRaider16

Texas A&M (an SEC school) has had a rule (every year before this year) that if you make it to pref night, you'll be guaranteed a bid. So many girls rushed this year that they had to turn girls away, not anywhere near 1/2 of the girls (that's crazy) but some. I'd imagine the numbers this year were similar to what thetalady said, 85-90+% and a lot of snap bids.

That guarantee is a result of NPC's RFM procedures, not an A & M specific one. So that attending pref and signing a bid card is a guarantee that you will get a bid to one of the groups whose pref you attended. Well, unless, of course, one strips or shows up drunk or high to pref...that can get you dropped. but all things being equal, you'll be one someone's bid list no matter what school you attend. No one was "turned away" due to the numbers. Women are released due to grade and other "considerations." And of course, there are always those women who drop out, even on Bid Day, for various reasons. But Indiana is the only school with a bed quota that requires so many women to be released due to lack of space.

[AZTheta]

And the question I continue to ask regarding bed rush at Indiana is "how do the participating NPC chapters' headquarters/leadership justify this practice for one campus only?" Because it appears to me that all are condoning the practice, since it continues.

No one here can answer that question.