[33girl]

Let's set up a timeline -

August 2000 - she receives bid from first sorority, starts pledging, depledges

August 2001 - she's told she can't do formal

January 2002 - she receives bid from second sorority through COB.

If that's what happened, this is wrong. She should have been able to go through formal or receive a bid through some other means (i.e. open bid parties after formal rush) in August 2001.

Witnessing "ritual activity" (unless of course, it was initiation and they initiated her) has nothing to do with anything.

The only exceptions to the "one year rule" shorten the time, not lengthen it. If a woman receives a bid in the fall and the chapter either closes while she is still a pledge or she transfers while she is still a pledge, she may pledge another NPC as soon as possible.