[susan314]

Originally Posted by mystikchick

could someone tell me how likely something like this would be today (like getting that many bids for COB just after recruitment ends?)

I think it would be unusual now, even at a very laid back campus.

At the time, I think COBing was a little new to all the chapters. They took a look at the names on the COB list, if they saw the name of someone who they liked during rush and felt that they had enough info on that person to comply with their Membership Selection requirements...they gave them a bid.

COBing has been refined a lot since 1992! I suspect that if someone were in my situation today, they'd find themselves getting a lot of invitations to COB events vs. getting actual bids. Bids might be issued down the road, after a few informal COB events. But it might not be as likely that they'd get bids immediately after formal recruitment ended. (Unless they already had friends in the chapter prior to recruitment, of course. That wasn't the case with me though.)