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Originally Posted by littleowl33

JHU is toying with the idea of moving from a private bid acceptance to a public one and it scares me, frankly. Panhellenic feels that getting your bid midday in a private room, then waiting until the evening to celebrate with your new sisters (which is the way it's done now) is anti-climactic and too prone to violations, like sisters pressuring PNMs throughout the day. They believe doing a big public acceptance will get girls more amped up and more likely to accept their bids. Buuut I can also picture a lot of crying girls going nowhere. At least with the current system they can take a few hours to think about it and then give it a try. Although, this has also back-fired and made girls psych themselves out (or get bad advice from friends) and decide not to accept. I guess we'll see.

My school has done things in a way that I think is good.

The girls line up and go into an office with the Rho Chi to actually GET their bids. That way, if a PNM is skeptical or upset, there are Rho Chis around to talk.

Then there is Bid Day afterward where you are announced and run to your chapter.

I think it's good in that you do not get your bid MOMENTS before you step in front of a screaming crowd and you have a chance to get yourself together/talk to someone/etc. If you cried, you got it all out before it was showtime. So crying at the houses later on is minimal.