sorority comments

All houses take sophomores. They just have fewer spots for them, so rush is slightly more competitive for sophomore girls. Also some houses require a higher GPA for sophomores.

I have many friends who went into rush having favorites and their favorites remained the same. In fact, five of my friends ended up in the houses they wanted before they even rushed. So the person below who thinks she has all the answers clearly doesn't. Everyone begins the journey from different vantage points. Some have connections, some don't. Some find it difficult because they have to choose. Some people go through rush seeing so many positives, they find it hard to cut houses. Others go through unable to find one that fits and vice versa.

All houses do not take sophomores. It depends on the numbers that year. Some years houses will accept a few and other years they can't take any. It is more competitive to rush as a sophomore but there are sophomores who do as well as successful freshman. There are sophomores who don't do very well, too. Recruitment is competitive, much like it will be when applying for a job. There are always going to be more applicants than positions available. This is an opportunity to practice poise, utilize networking skills, being prepared and applying your knowledge of the social rules that exist in society. I highly recommend it.

youre definitely not pledging a good/decent house at iu or go to iu in general.
Pledging a house at iu is about 20 weeks. Not even close to 8.

get out. honestly you clearly aren't in a frat if you think pledging is 8 weeks. "Typically" it is a semester pledgeship....and that really goes for the large majority of frats at iu so I have no idea where you even came from?

The best part of recruitment is the chants. And the slide shows.

Don't drop out mid-rush, whatever you do. There is cheesecake during 3 Party. You heard me, CHEESECAKE! So hang in there because even if you don't get a bid, the free food is still great. I'm not kidding.

will challenge you to a rap battle to determine your sororitytiness.

1. PiPhi/TriDelt
2. Alpha Phi/Zeta
3. DZ/XO
4. DG/GPhi/AXO
5. AXiD/Theta/KD
6. Kappa/AOPi
7. AEPhi/SDT
8. PhiMu/AGD
9. ADPi/TPA

I graduated in 1990 and these were the rankings back then, some don't even exist now and I know there are new houses that have popped up since then. BTW, these don't mean anything in real life. I haven't been asked what house I was in since I graduated so it doesn't mean ANYTHING. This is just for fun to compare then to now:

tri-delt
pi phi
kkg
axo
dg
Theta
xo
zta
alpha phi
gamma phi beta
KD
Phi Mu
DZ
SDT
AEPhi
AOP
AGD
SK

Fraternities
Sigma Chi
Beta
ATO
Sigma Phi Epsilon
FIGI
SAE
Phi Delt
Phi Psi
SN
Kappa Sig
AEPi
PKE
Lambda Chi
Acacia
SAM
ZBT
DTD
Theta Chi
AGR
KDR
Phi Sig\n\n\n\n\n