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Originally Posted by AuburnMom08
My daughter spoke with her Pi Chi last night about dropping out and talked about her alternatives. She asked me if I would be disappointed and I told her of course not, it was always her decision. She had 2 parties today, she was cut from her remaining favorite and she says she does not feel at home in either of the 2. She has to let her Pi Chi know today before they vote so she can officially drop out and still be eligible for COB, which she said she would have done COB to start with had she known it was so difficult for non-freshmen and just saved herself the stress of rush.
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It looks like preference parties are underway, or that she has finished if she was scheduled for the first two parties. I would still strongly encourage her to go to the preference parties just in case she changes her mind. She can always go to the parties and drop out afterward.
About COB, I hate to break it to you, but it's unlikely that chapters she wants will be COBing. If she got cut from a chapter, her chances are very slim of getting a bid through COB, because those chapters will probably have filled quota, be at total, and therefore not have any more spaces. If any chapters are doing COB, it might only be the ones where she was invited for preference. Her only chance at COB for a chapter where she was cut would be if they got too cut happy (unlikely, because Panhellenic tells chapters how many to release) AND if lots of other PNMs didn't want them. Probably not going to happen. Too often, PNMs hear about COB and think that every chapter does it. Wrong.
Formal recruitment, with its quota and release figures is designed to place as many women as possible. COB is not to be counted on. She did the right thing in trying formal recruitment.
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Originally Posted by AuburnMom08
Her Pi Chi also told her about something I read on here, a new chapter starting up or something? And told her she would be eligible for that if she drops. She stressed to her to NOT accept the bid from somewhere she wasn't 100% sure about.
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Kappa Alpha Theta will be colonizing at Auburn (though not until January). She would not be eligible (until Fall 09) for Theta if she were to accept a bid to a chapter and depledge.
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Oh by the way, we heard "hair salon mom's" daughter dropped out yesterday after she only received 5 invites back to skit day.
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"Only" 5 out of a possible 6? Cry me a river.
