|
At my school, the rushees arrive in the lower level of the student center at a certain time. Then the rho chis go around and put the bid cards underneath them so that they are sitting on their card. Then the girls sort of sit there in agony while rho chi revealing happens, which is fun. While that is going on, the sororities are arriving with their bid day shirts on, noisemakers, posters, etc. and they gather around the inner balcony of the upper part of the student center (it is around an atrium area, so they can see the room where the rushees are, but the blinds are pulled shut, so they can't see in from up there). It gets REALLY loud, and there is chanting and singing and screaming. The guys come too and lots of times bring flowers to give the new members (basically, this is to scope out the cute new girls...some fraternities base who they will give mixer bids to on who has the cutest pledge class...). Anyway, then the girls open their cards and scream or cry or whatever and then they join their rho chi sister who has the box of shirts for her sorority. The girls change into their shirts, cry, and then each sorority is announced and the rho chis from their new sorority lead them running up the stairs and the sorority meets them at the top...more screaming, more crying, party pic guy takes pictures...LOTS LOTS LOTS of pictures. Then we get into cars and go to our bid day location. It has been Planet Hollywood, Hard Rock Cafe, Laser Tag, etc. Just a fun place where you can get a little loud, eat, give bid day bags, etc. Our bid day is on a school night (Sunday night), so we usually don't stay out all that late or anything.
Fraternity bid day is a few weeks later and it it all about parties. Usually the sororities do the rounds at each house.
|