Approximately 73 percent of the 102 women who registered for sorority rush received bids at the conclusion of winter recruitment on Wednesday, according to Panhellenic Council Rush Chair Lauren Pace '12.
About 27 percent of winter rush participants, or 28 women, dropped out of the recruitment process, a statistic that Pace described as "consistent" with the percentage of women who dropped out in the fall.
Every woman who was invited to the last night of rush, or "pref night," received a bid, Pace said. Approximately 85 percent of women who attended pref night received a bid from their first-choice house.
Alpha Phi sorority, Alpha Xi Delta sorority and Kappa Delta sorority each extended 11 bids. Delta Delta Delta sorority extended 10 bids, Kappa Delta Epsilon offered eight women bids, Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority extended six bids and Sigma Delta sorority offered nine bids.
Panhell President Ellie Sandmeyer '12 said she was happy with this winter's recruitment process, citing a large number of participants who expressed interest in a "diverse" array of houses.
"Instead of just looking at nationals, for example, many women looked at very different groups of houses this winter," Sandmeyer said.
Because of this open-mindeness, sororities were largely able to meet the Panhell-established quota of nine new members each, according to Sandmeyer.
"The houses were pretty even," Sandmeyer said. "[Panhell] didn't have to do too much shifting."
Caroline Liegey '13, one of Sigma Delt's rush chairs, said winter rush generally proves more manageable for houses than fall rush, when there are approximately four times as many women.
"It sort of makes things easier, especially planning parties," Liegey said.
Contrary to campus rumors, both Sandmeyer and Pace confirmed that Panhell will not institute a new rule barring women who have dropped out of one recruitment process from rushing at a later date.
"The president of each chapter has to vote on something like that, and that has not happened," Pace said. "If any significant changes were made, they would be publicized." In winter 2011, approximately 74 percent of participants received bids, and 24 percent of women dropped out of the recruitment process. Although the 2011 and 2010 winter rush statistics are comparable, 88 percent of participants during 2009 in winter rush received bids and only 12 percent dropped out.
Though some fraternities also accept new members in the winter, fewer men typically participate in winter recruitment. Last winter, only 28 men received bids from a total of eight fraternities.
While the vast majority of now-affiliated students rushed in the fall, those who participated in recruitment during Winter term did so for a variety of reasons some were off-campus in the fall, while some chose to concentrate on fall sports or wanted to pursue membership in houses that did not offer them bids in the fall.
Representatives from Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority could not be reached for comment by press time.
