Ah okay, that makes sense

Good luck to all the Auburn PNMs!

My daughter cannot wait to greet all of the new members tomorrow. I have heard through the grapevine that some were dropped today.

Can someone tell me the details since I won't be there. When they go to the arena are they with their pi chi groups? Are they opening an envelope or just handed a sheet of paper like the paper invites?

Is it then they take off running to their sorority house? When do they get a big sister? What happens today at the sororities?

Do things chill out now?

D has a strong choice for #1, but says she'll be okay if she see sees #2 or #3 listed.

They will go in with their pi chi groups and wait for Aubie and the panhellenic officers to bring the bids. Then they will pass out the bids to the pi chis who I think tell everyone to sit on them until it is time to open them. Lately - they have just been a well taped sheet of paper, no envelope.

(Its also always late)

Then the girls will run to meet up with the other girls from their chapter to walk to the chapter rooms. The ones in Oak will have to walk around Oak to get to the lawn to go to their chapter.

Thank you so much for saying that they are always late. I would have been stressing! My daughter's Pi Chi sent out a group text saying that they all had bids and no one needed to worry! I just can't wait to see which lucky sorority gets my sweet daughter! :D

Just an FYI: #aurec14, #bidday & #bidday14 on Twitter and Instagram :)

Is there a Facebook group for mamas?

So excited for everyone! Can't wait to hear how it goes today!!!

If there is a list, will someone please post it then? Thanks.

My daughter is thrilled with her bid.

She is a very happy new member of:
Kappa Kappa Gamma

Yay!

YAY! Congrats!

CONGRATS!!!! So happy for your daughter!!! :)

When they get a big sister varies a lot by the NPC group- some get them within a week, some get them closer to Initiation. Almost all groups have some kind of bid day buddy.

Things definitely chill out now- once they are done celebrating..lol. New member period is busy, but it's also time to focus on classes come next week! Can't wait to hear where she ended up :)

Counted from a Bid Day pic, looks like Auburn TriDelt has 73 new members!

My daughter is over the moon! We texted while in the arena while she showed me pictures. A few minutes letter I got the phone with her screaming:

Chi Omega!!

Congrats!

And time to update your tag line :)

1,278 women received bids out of 1,402 registered = 91.155%

Rah rah for Kappa! Tell her welcome to KKG!

One of my favorite Kappas is an alumna of this chapter.

Congrats to all!

Bid list:

https://sites.google.com/site/auphb14/

Yeah! A new little Hoot. One of my pledge sister's daughter is also a new pledge with your daughter. And the good news is that Owl's are popular right now so very easy to find.

From the bid list:

AXO = 73
ADPi = 73
AGD = 72
AOII = 73
AXiD = 72
XO = 72
TriDelt = 75
DG = 73
DZ = 77
Gamma Phi = 73
Theta = 93
KD = 72
Kappa = 82
Phi Mu = 72
Pi Phi = 73
SK = 81
Zeta = 72

My rec girl pledged Chi Omega!

So excited to be welcoming 93 new members today!!!

Ok. I'm home. Craziest day ever. Crazier than move in day. My daughter is a super duper happy KAPPA ALPHA THETA. The best part is Theta was first on her list from day one. Philanthropy was the best when she figured out that it was CASA. We have two adopted children. Foster care and orphan care are her passion so CASA was perfect. Then she loved their skit and listed them first on pref day. It was love at first sight.

<>~~~~~ Happy! Welcome!

I am so happy for you and your daughter! My oldest is a Theta at UGA and loves it! Congratulations! :)

Ok, how does Theta have 20 more NMs than what appears to be quota? I didn't think they could have that many quota additions, so does this factor in some COB already? Or am I missing something?

Congrats!!!!! How exciting!!! I've heard so many wonderful things about the chapter!! YAY!!!!

Auburn bid day!
 

Did all of the sororities make their quotas?

Quota was 72. A handful had quota +1 or +2 and a couple had more quota additions than that. I believe they have it set so that as many as possible get their first or second choice

Guaranteed placement. PNMs who maximize their options are guaranteed a bid. If a PNM is only invited to one pref, and attends that pref, that will be her chapter, regardless of quota. The 5% rule for QAs is gone. Also, RMF specialists can use discretion and place more QAs in smaller chapters (if the PNM preffed there.)

Thanks, irishpipes! My campus doesn't have guaranteed placement and has much lower numbers so I've never seen the results of that rule on a big campus like Auburn. I think it's great that so mant ladies were able to find a home there this week!

I don't know where your campus is but with RFM, that's how it works and all campuses, even Indiana with its crazy bed total, use RFM. Maybe things are just more even on your campus and you just don't notice it.

Are all NPC recruitments at a point that using RFM means that there is guaranteed placement for PNMS who maximize options?

It would be kind of cool if we knew that going to pref and maximizing totally guaranteed a bid, but I didn't realize we were there for all campuses with RFM these days. I though you could still get dropped at UGA, for instance, depending on whom you preffed and what quota was.

Well, quota is determined after all girls sign their pref cards. So I'm not sure that affects things.

But also, even with schools that have "guaranteed placement" it still bars outstanding circumstances. A girl can be dropped after pref if something is seriously wrong.

Yes, quota is not determined until all MRABAs are submitted so it is based only on the number of women still in recruitment at that point. And IF a woman has maximized her options, she will get a bid. Now, some don't like the bid they get and so will say they were dropped or dropped out but if she signed a bid card AND maximized her options, she has A bid.

Well, bless her heart, except for the outlier who bombs her own recruitment or for whom "untoward" information is received between pref and submittal of bid list.

Released
 

My daughter was released her GPA was 3.23 from a northern private school. This GPA to love for many of the sororities. It looks like all the sororities met their quota. On a 4.5 scale her GPA was 3.6 and we didn't include that.... Ant advice for COB??