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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
I've never heard of anyone being REQUIRED to rank a sorority before, and I wouldn't think that was the case. But someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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When I went through recruitment, we were told we weren't allowed to suicide or we would be "disqualified"(??) from recruitment. There were only 4 chapters and one was reallyyy struggling, so I think it was to try to protect them from having no one on Bid Day. Whether that's Green Book kosher or not, I don't know.
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Originally Posted by kddani
The only time I've ever heard of panhellenic releasing someone from a bid is in the event of a chapter being shut down, etc. for risk management violations. In that case, it wasn't fair to the new members to be obligated to a group for a calendar year that didn't exist on campus anymore.
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When an NPC chapter on my campus closed due to risk management issues this Spring, their New Members were totally released from any obligation to that organization. One of the NMs did COB and join a different org this fall. I think the others may be holding out for FR this Spring. In any event, I think that's the only case in which you don't have to wait a year.
I'm sorry things didn't work out for you, OP, and I hope you find your home. Like many of the other posters I would have recommended you stick it out for a few weeks since you have to wait a year anyway, but at this point, what's done is done. I understand not wanting to go through FR again since it can be a pretty intense experience - but if you really want to be in a sorority, that may be your only option. You can ask if any groups usually do COB immediately following FR, but that's a gamble because if they have a good recruitment and go over chapter total (and therefore don't need to do COB), you're out of luck. Waiting until sophomore spring to COB may be too late depending on your campus.