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Old 11-29-2007, 11:34 AM
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COB'ing

Hi,

Could someone offer some knowledge about Continuous Open Bidding? I am transferring to a small, southern university and several of the sororities are COB'ing. Do these sororities have to approach you or can you approach them? Do I need recommendations?

Thanks in advance!
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Old 11-29-2007, 11:47 AM
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Best place to start is with the greek life office at your new school. They can tell you if they maintain a signup list that the groups use or if the groups advertise open events or just what the procedure at the school is.

COB is usually very informal and may differ greatly from one school to the next.

Good luck and keep us updated.
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Old 11-29-2007, 01:04 PM
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I think larger schools tend to have a sign-up sheet of sorts in the Greek Life office. At my school, you just looked for the flyers everywhere from the groups that weren't at total and were holding events and you just showed up wherever the flyer said to be and went from there. It was never exclusive until they got to the invite-only parties, but I can see if a group only had a handful of slots how it may only be by invite and not necessarly advertised at all. Just depends on the campus really. E-mail the Greek Life Advisor and ask them how they work it there. Definitely keep us updated though!
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Old 11-29-2007, 01:30 PM
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The sororities have COB to fill any extra openings they have after formal recruitment. So the number of women each sorority will take during COB varies. I personally joined my sorority through spring COB.

The structure of COB varies by school, so I agree that you should call the Greek Lie Office there and ask how it is set up. Some schools require that girls sign up with the office to attend COB events, while at others, sororities advertise their events publicly and anyone can come.

COB is generally more relaxed than formal recruitment. Every sorority conducts it differently and will have different activities for their events. For example, one sorority might have an ice skating night, while another might have an ice cream social. Some might allow all the girls to attend every COB event they're holding, while others might require you to be invited to attend more of their events. It just depends.

As far as recommendations, I'm not familar with COB in the south. But I've never really heard of girls securing recs for COB, but if there is a sorority alumna who knows you well and will submit one for you, I'm sure it can't hurt.



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Old 11-29-2007, 09:29 PM
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I COB'd AXiD (in 1990). A friend of mine from class told me about it... there were some chalkings but unless you were familiar with rush and the sororities on campus, you would have had no idea what it was about. From what I remember, most of the girls were there "by invitation".

The events were very informal, and I knew nothing about Recs, so I don't know if anyone had them. As the parties went on, you had to be invited to even know about the next event.

Good luck on your pursuit.
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Old 11-29-2007, 09:59 PM
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Depending on the school, make sure to check with your greek life office that you are eligible for COB as a transfer. Some schools have requirements that you must have a certain number of hours at their school before you can rush.
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Old 11-30-2007, 08:36 AM
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It really varies by school. COB for some groups is rather formal (with multiple parties and an invite-only "pref style" party.) My school had a much less formal system. We invited girls that we knew were interested. We had one or two parties, but girls only attended one. We asked anyone we liked to join and that was that! Asking the Greek Life office first is a good idea, but don't be surprised if you have to let the groups know that you are interested. Good luck!
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