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I went through informal recruitment, so this was not an option for me. At my school, though, the Rho Chi's discourage suicide bidding. The Rho Chi's do not even discuss this option unless a PNM brings it up. At my campus, the main focus is to recruit a girl to go Greek, not to recruit girls for a particular sorority.
I do know of three girls who went through formal recruitment (who did not know each other at the time) and wanted to join Alpha Phi. We were their first choice and they put another sorority as their second choice (which was the same sorority). I do not know what happened, but we ended up not giving these two awesome girls a bid and they bid matched with their second choice.
These girls became really close after joining the other sorority. One of my sisters used to room with one of the girls and in several of their late night discussions, the other girl would tell my sister that she wished she would have suicided and tried to join A-Phi during informal recruitment. She also told my sister that the other girls wished they had waited also. Although we missed out on three great girls, there was no changing the decision that we made or that they made. Ironically, two of these girls have been president of their sorority. They have embraced what they joined. Although they may have regrets, they do love their sorority.
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