Nearly 73 percent of women rushing received invitations to a sorority this year, up four percent from last year, according to Curtis Burrill, AU’s coordinator of fraternity and sorority life.
Out of 235 women who started the process, 166 remained and attended preference events on the last day.
This year, recruitment ran from Saturday to Monday, a day shorter than in previous years.
This accelerated pace is well overdue, according to Lauren Olson, the outgoing director of Panhellenic recruitment.
Lack of space and high demand for it contributed to this shortened schedule, which is nothing new for recruitment.
Olson believes the shorter weekend contributed to the high number of bid acceptances.
Freshman Swathi Nuli of the College of Arts and Sciences dropped out after she did not receive an invitation to a sorority’s preference party.
Nuli said she felt hurried by the process, which contributed to her decision. She didn’t believe she had enough time to really get to know the sisters, and felt pressured to continue chatting with as many different sororities as possible at a rapid-fire pace.
Freshman Joni Agronin of the School of Communication said she would have preferred more time to interact with the sisters, but feels she was given enough information to make her decision to join Phi Sigma Sigma.
Freshman Sam Ferguson of CAS said that while she felt hurried through the process, it ended the stress sooner.
Ferguson said she felt that if there were any more time, she might have dropped out because of the extra stress.
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