some informal recruitment info

mega bump

D phi E pledges are so excited and cute
Come to informal and check out this chapter. They have an
Sisterhood . Go in with an open mind, you might be so surprised and find a place

Cute? Are you looking at the same Instagram I am? Hahaha

Actually, the difference between SK and D Phi E is that SK has DECADES worth of chapter alumnae who have been working to get the chapter back on campus for years and who are going to stay involved with the chapter, and most importantly stay on their national’s back to make sure they get the support they need. They made sure that when SK colonized it was done correctly.

You don’t just need “friend groups”- you need girls who would have gone Chi O or other more popular chapters choosing D Phi E instead. Every single girl who got cut from formal could join tomorrow and it wouldn’t make them on the upswing- it would just get them a “takes anyone” reputation. They can join and have fun but everyone who’s saying “all they need is more people to shoot to the top!” is, while good intentioned, completely delusional.

As for the women who dropped out, that’s the last thing D Phi E needs right now- a bunch of resentful brats who think they’re better than they really are and are throwing temper tantrums because this is the first time they’ve heard “no” in their life.

Have you actually looked at their IG? They do have cute girls.

You think DPhiE doesn’t have alums who are going to stay active and involved? That is delusional. They wouldn’t have colonized wothout enough alum support.

DPhiE is doing informal recruitmemt snd they do need more people. Once those people show up, I’m sure the sisters can decide who is worthy or not. This whole “takes anyone” BS is just BS—just because people are more accepting of others does not mean they’ll take anyone. In reality, a lot pf people would feel better in a sisterhood that is full of acceptance.

And besides, literally if 50 people showed up to informal at DPhiE, things would turn around. They don’t need to recruit ChiO types to compete with SK. SK isn’t revruiting ChiO types. Get your head out of the sand and snap to reality, SK, and stop with your vendetta against other chapters.

Seriously, SK, this tearing down of other chapters to benefit you is getting tired and old. Stop bullying others.

I have literally nothing to do with Sigma Kappa on a local or national level. Obviously D Phi E has alumnae volunteers that help them, duh. However I’m talking CHAPTER alumnae. D Phi E was first here for like 5 years in the 1950s - most of the alumnae from that time are either very old or dead. SK, on the other hand, was at IU for 75 years and only left in the mid 90s. They have tons of active alumnae with a vested interest in THIS PARTICULAR CHAPTER.

This obviously makes a difference. I don’t doubt that the alumnae helping D Phi E love and care about the members, but it is vastly different from when it’s YOUR chapter.

As for the rest you’re completely missing what I’m saying. They need to be extremely picky with who they choose if they are trying to “rebrand.” That rebrand is their choice, not anyone else’s.

Anyone who's looking at their insta and seeing cute girls needs to have their eyes checked. We all see what your issues that are causing your rapid descent to closure but you're not willing to look at those true facts and do something about it. Instead you spend all your time on here trying to argue about things that are 100% obvious to everyone. That's why you're failing.

actually during rush one of the girls said they started in like 45 or something and fell inactive in the 90s the same time SK did

Most sororities don't recruit the way that Alpha Phi does (if you've seen the leaked document from UMichigan on their national policies), and that is fine. They shouldn't.

That's why in most sororities you will have cute and not-so-cute girls.

Honestly, joining a sorority isn't a way to become friends with "hot" girls. It's way more than that, which you would know if you were actually part of a sorority.

It's pretty obvious you are a troll and not actually a sorority woman at IU. Hope you get a life at some point.

ASA doesn't have a house tho...

ASA also only had 8 pledges before they began offering COBs the night of bid night. Girls who dropped realized once they sat in their dorms realizing that XO is not going to do informal and the rest of their friends would be at bid night suddenly were willing to have an open mind and realize that ASA is full of nice girls like them.

This. I have heard time and time again from women in housed sororities that living with your sisters gets old. Yes you still love them but being able to have the away space is something they all miss. Every ASA I've talked to constantly says that being unhoused is the best.

"Every ASA I've talked to constantly says that being unhoused is the best."

That claim is a weird/very suspicious to say the least. I feel like "being unhoused is the best" does not ring true.

From my understanding, many ASA's live with their sisters anyway. And even if you don't live with your sisters, you will get tired of living with any roommate at certain times. But you're not going to stop rooming with your friends because at the end of the day the good times outweigh the bad.

Living in a sorority house is the same thing. You'll get tired of it at times, but overall it bonds you to each other like I believe not other experience can, and the good times way outweigh the bad.

As an ASA, I don't think that you can speak on what having a house that people live in actually feels like, and as a girl from a housed sorority I cannot speak on what it's like to not have a house. I'm in the lower middle tier if you are wondering, so my sorority has never not had a house, however living in the house has been such a huge part of my experience and an overwhelmingly positive thing at that, that I would personally go for any housed chapter...and recommend that you ladies talk to your nationals and work on getting a house. That's really the only thing holding you back.

You can claim that not having a house doesn't matter all you want, but if it really didn't matter then girls wouldn't be so obsessed with having a house. The fact of the matter is that living in a house does get frustrating, but that day-in-day-out experience with your sisters in the house is not something that can be replicated and really bonds sisters together.

Take the example of your actual family. I'm not trying to be down on anyone, but you think it's not different to grow up not living with your parents? Of course it is, I grew up with a single parent and I love my other parent and my relationship with them is good, but I do think that we would have more memories and ultimately more bonding times if I had grown up with that parent living with me. Sure, there would have probably been more frustration between us, but that's likely not to be significant...you remember the good times.

At the end of the day, no one gets along 100% of the time with their actual parents, actual siblings, or sorority sisters. But living together IS a SIGNIFICANT bonding experience.

I'm not trying to downplay your sisterhood or bond. I'm sure you love each other, but I think it's a bit ridiculous to claim that living in a house together makes no difference.

Weirdo just say you like having a house and go you didn’t need to write a full essay on it

No one asked for your comment/opinion/approval. And your weird ass comment isn't adding anything to the discussion.

It's the internet, get over the fact that anyone is allowed to write whatever they want.

for most girls, having a house > not having a house

but being in a sorority > being independent IMO

ASA does have a good sisterhood and is very supportive of each other despite not having a house. If it's between not being in a sorority and being in ASA, I think ASA wins out big time. They are really nice and fun.