Gosh, Alison, I really don't know what to say to you. I wish I had some great advice and the answer to make things work the way you want it to.
All I can think of is take advantage of your friends' invitations to attend their open functions during the year. With what happened this year at Georgia, I guess we never know what to expect with recruitment
By attending what you can, even more sisters would get to know you. In the event that this chapter wouldn't get quota as expected, or would have total openings through the year, then perhaps you may have a chance to be picked up.
If, as your friends were told, their sorority would not be taking any more new members this year then perhaps this sorority has alumnae initiation. It wouldn't be an immediate answer, but perhaps that way you would be able to one day call your friends your sisters. There's a great thread on alumnae initiation if you'd like to read it sometime:
http://130.94.21.174/gcforums/showth...threadid=20287
BTW, snapping or snap bidding is when a chapter extends a bid on bid day. The woman would be part of the new member class and counted toward quota but may or may not have participated in formal recruitment. COB/COR is Continuous Open Bidding or Recruitment. This happens when a sorority is still under quota or campus total and has informal recruitment events during the year. If a sorority has achieved quota
**and** is at or over campus total, they may not snap bid or host COR functions. Hope that makes sense! If I got any part of it wrong, someone else out there please correct me!
Christin