Oooh I like this thread!
Here's how I got my bid:
I rushed Fall semester of my Freshman year. By the second week of Rush, I was totally pulling for SigEp. One of my roommates got a bid the first week and the other three of us were still rushing (one ended up pledging a different org in the Spring while the other got a bid to two other orgs but eventually dropped and left school).
Anyway, Thursday night arrived and the event that night was bowling. I was very nervous because this was the last night that SigEp was giving out bids during Rush. Eventually, my roommate (the one that pledged another org in the Spring) and I felt very down because the night was winding down and both of us were still bid-less. One of the members approaches me, though, and asks me to help him get something out of his car. I said "okay" and followed him outside. When we got outside, not only did we walk the opposite direction of his car, we went to an unlit spot behind a wall where there were no cars. Around the wall was the chapter president and three guys behind him (these three guys were all 'big names' on campus and within the chapter). They all looked up at me and the president begins talking about how they're glad i"ve come out to so many events and I seem like a really solid guy and a bunch of other good stuff. At the end of his speech, he pulls a bid card from behind him, hands it to me, and says, "we would love for you to be a part of our Fraternity."
Obviously, I accepted. So here we are now.
I remember being extremely nervous (wouldn't you be in that situation!?) and extremely excited once I saw the bid in my hand. The main thing I remember from the bid is the part that says Ritual is on "Sunday, September 13, 2008." That does not exist. :P