[PeppyGPhiB]

What I think confuses a lot of women is actually the definition of "accept," as in to accept a bid. Some PNMs are given the impression (incorrectly) by their recruitment counselors or greek life office that they may choose to accept or decline a bid after it's been given to them on bid day through the traditional formal recruitment process. What they SHOULD have been told is that by filling in your bid card after preference, you are agreeing to automatically accept a bid from any organization you list/bubble/select. The only bid that can be declined on the spot with no consequences to the PNM or chapter is a snap or COR bid. You may decide after you get a formal bid that you don't want to join after all, but you still would be counted in the number pledged to the NPC in recruitment, and you will still be held to the "calendar year" rule. If a chapter gets no-shows on Bid Day from the women who decided to toss out their bid, then the chapter can pursue COR up to quota or total, whichever is greater.