Don’t laugh – there is Greek life at Dartmouth, and apparently, it is so popular these days that an increased number of students have been denied bids in the sorority rushing process this semester.

According to Dartmouth’s Panhellenic Council, the newly implemented Select and Rank rush system has allowed the Greek houses to extend more bids to sorority hopefuls than ever before. In total, 273 women received bids this term, which is a moderate gain over last year’s already impressive 251.

Sadly, due to the growing number of applicants, nearly 24.6 percent, or 88 women, ended up bid-less.

The Dartmouth reports:

The high number of women rushing this year, however, ultimately led to a smaller proportion receiving a bid. Of the 361 women who began rush this year, 275 signed preference cards and 273 received bids. Panhell refused to specify the number of bids offered to women who signed preference cards and the number of “snap bids” extended to women who did not sign preference cards. Panhell also would not release the number of women who dropped out of the rush process.

Last year, 251 of the 304 women who began the rush process received bids.

If this trend continues, Dartmouth may eventually become the Ivy League university with the most thriving Greek life.

Scary thought, huh? But – at least we know it won’t be Columbia.