looking for advice and curious about COBs
 

I am not shy but i am soft-spoken and not aggressive at all. I REALLY want to experience sisterhood and be very active on campus...how can i show it during rush week??

Also, I talked to a friend who rushed her sophmore year and asked her about the rush process at our school... she wasn't too sure about the spring recruitment because she went through the Continuous Open Bids (COBs) process. I was just wondering why some sororities choose to do that and what exactly is it?

Re: looking for advice and curious about COBs
 

Please take the time to press that button on the top right corner called 'SEARCH'. When it takes you to the Search page, type in 'Continuous Open Bids' -- quotation marks not necessary.

Doing so will bring up pages and pages of info that will be off assistance to you.

Re: Re: looking for advice and curious about COBs
 

Sorry... I forgot there is a search engine.

cob stands for continous open bidding-it is sometimes referred to as cor-continous open recruitment. when chapter membership is below campus total(the maximum number of members the chapters may have at one time) chapters may choose to have casual get togethers with potential new members(pnms) with the intention of finding girls who are the right fit for their chapter and offering them a bid(an invitation to join). it is less structured and more laid back than formal recruitment.

most chapters strive to keep the maximum number of members, because the chapter functions more efficiently financially. it also is nice the have the maximum number of members so that the same handful of sisters aren't doing everything.

you feel that you are shy and recognize that you sometimes aren't as outgoing as you could be. that is half the battle. there are numerous threads on greekchat started by girls just like you, who feel that they aren't as outgoing as they could be. lots of people answered those threads with great advice on how to conquer that shyness. see if you can find some of those threads. i think that it would help.give your spring recruitment a try. i take it that your spring recruitment is your schools formal recruitment?
if so , it will give you a chance to see all the chapters, and get a feel for what formal recruitment is all about. if things don't work out the way you want, and you still want to join a sororitym you can let panhellenic know that you would be interested in cor/cor/informal recruitment. in a more relaxed setting, you just might shine. good luck!!

hit the next thread button instead of next page on the rush shirt thread.

How is this relevant?