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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I think the likelihood of a girl talking herself out of a bid she probably would have enjoyed is greater if she's left on her own to idealize how awesome it would be to be somewhere else rather than starting to celebrate almost immediately.
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I see your point. Don't misunderstand - I think that the rho chis or the Greek life director should encourage the girls to go to bid day no matter what, because, well, they're bound to that sorority for a year anyway, so they might as well. But I also think that you need to mourn that "lost opportunity" a little to move forward and you can't really do that when 500 women are in your face from the moment you open your envelope. It's different for everyone, I guess. I just think doing everything in public is hard, for the rushees AND for the sororities. I can't imagine what it's like to see girl after girl crying because she got a bid to your sorority.
I think you can easily convey the Panhellenic feeling and unity by doing something like RaggedyAnn described.