Mom of tiger and GoMizzou so happy for your daughters that they are returning to houses they feel connected with. So exciting to know that tomorrow they will be opening their bids and starting their journey as new members of a sisterhood.

It's so bittersweet when so many girls are so happy but others are heartbroken. There are lots of great ways to get connected at Mizzou, but it's hard for girls to see the other options when they are so sad about getting cut. My daughter has several close friends who are independents and they are all having wonderful experiences at Mizzou. Hopefully the girls that were released today will find other ways to connect and be involved at Mizzou.

Looking forward to hearing from you moms of PNM's tomorrow about where your girl's end up! Hope you have some fun and engaging things planned for the rest of today. The days seem so long when you're waiting! A glass or two of wine never hurts either!

Pleased and relieved to report that my daughter was invited to her top 3 from yesterday,
including the house that has been her favorite all week. One more day!

Hooray!!! beagled1 that's terrific. So glad to hear this.

Beagled1 so happy for you and your daughter!

Excited to hear where she ends up tomorrow!

COB or Snap Bid
 

Hi! Does anyone have any information on Snap Bids or COB at Mizzou? Thanks to all for the information on this thread. It has been helpful.

Neither of those things are happening yet.

Ok. Thank you. I'm not familiar with the process.

Snap bids happen after preference parties, prior to the start of Bid Day, when bids are actually opened. COB happens after formal/primary recruitment is finished. Hope this helps.

Beagled1! That's great news!!

Me too! So sad

That's great!

ILMOM - Check the Mizzou PHA website in a few weeks. Mizzou adopted a more formal procedure last year for Spring COB. Interested girls fill out a form on line, and PHA makes those forms available to any sororities who are COB'ing. It seemed like a good number of sororities COB'd the Spring '15 semester. However, filling out the form does not guarantee any of the sororities will invite you to their COB events.

Maybe it is just me, but many more stories from Mizzou this year of girls only having one or two houses left after round two, then being released just before preference. Last year, I only remember stories of girls dropping out when they didn't get invitations back to their favorites (a lot of girls did that this morning).

I'll be interested in seeing what quota is tomorrow. Fewer girl signed up for recruitment, and with all the releases and withdrawals, I'm expecting smaller pledge classes this year.

MIZparent, Have there been that many releases and withdrawals?

ILMOM it sounds like things didn't go how your daughter hoped it would. Know that she isn't alone. That is the very difficult side of sorority life is that lots of girls experience heart break.

COB can be a great alternative, especially if grades impact a girl being released from houses. If a girl can do well her first semester of college it opens up possibilities for COB. Getting to know girls in the houses she is interested in helps a lot. COB often goes best for girls who have friends in the sorority they are interested in. Not all houses will COB, but many do.

I don't have numbers, but I know quite a few freshman moms, and I'm hearing lots of stories of girls dropping out of recruitment or PNM's getting calls this morning that they were released. Some very sad girls up at Mizzou today.

I especially feel for the girls who didn't get invited to the preference round. I think there is an expectation going into recruitment that if you aren't a grade risk and you make it to the third round, you will at least be invited to one house for preference. Hopefully, some of these girls will find a home through COB.