Of the approximately 400 men who participated in the fraternity recruitment process, more than 350 accepted bids, Interfraternity Council rush chair Brett Kana '14 said. The sororities saw 422 registered women over the course of sorority rush last week, said Panhellenic rush chair Mandy Bowers '14, who declined to disclose the number of women who were extended bids or dropped out of rush.
At Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity, 25 men accepted bids; Alpha Delta fraternity, 35; Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, 32; Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity, 8; Chi Heorot fraternity, 32; Gamma Delta Chi fraternity, 15; Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, 25; Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, 22; Psi Upsilon fraternity, 32; Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 35; Sigma Nu fraternity, 12; Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, 28; Theta Delta Chi fraternity, 29; and Zeta Psi fraternity, 28, according to representatives from each house. Representatives from Bones Gate fraternity declined to comment.
At Alpha Xi Delta sorority, 45 bids were extended; Alpha Phi sorority, 38; Delta Delta Delta sorority, 41; Kappa Delta sorority, 44; Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority, 39; Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, 42; and Sigma Delta sorority, 46, according to sorority members. Representatives from Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Kana said the numbers of men rushing and receiving bids were similar to that of previous years and that he does not believe the freshmen policy affected or will affect the rush process in future years.
Gamma Delta Chi accepted all 15 "shake-outs," or rushees who indicate a binding preference for the house, the fraternity's rush chair Dominick Pierre '14 said.
Theta Delt's rush chair John Higgins '14 said rush was successful.
"We received a variety of sophomores from all different aspects of Dartmouth," he said.
Alex Bulteel '16, who accepted a bid at Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity, called the rush process a "novel but painless procedure."
"I felt that most guys ended up in the house that they wanted," he said.
Panhellenic Council president Eliana Piper '14 said in an email that rush is an "intensive process," and the council aimed for it to be a positive experience. The council invited unaffiliated students to talk to women at pre-rush information sessions to stress the different options available to female students on campus.
"We hoped that this would encourage women to explore the range of options available to them and not feel lost if the traditional rush process was not for them," Piper said.
Kappa rush chair Laina Richards '14 said the process was "crazy," but was pleased with the results of recruitment .
Carolina Alvarez-Correa '16, who accepted a bid at AZD, expressed mixed feelings about her experience.
"I was very satisfied with it, but I also felt it was very superficial and you can't judge someone's personality based on one 10 minute conversation," she said in a statement.
While Mariel Wallace '16 enjoyed talking to the members of all eight sororities, she chose to drop out of rush because she was not called back to her two top choice houses. She plans to rush again in the winter.
"I wish it wasn't a computer system because I feel like that's really arbitrary," Wallace said. "I feel that it would be better if after round one or two we were able to have more say by maybe adopting the frat process of shaking out or by other means."
