multiple bids

[trisigmaAtl]

I know that all of us are very happy where we got and accepted bids at ( I know i could never be anywhere else on my campus), but do any of you ever wish that NPC sororities could give out multiple bids like many fraternity systems do? for example, instead of signing a pref card would you ever rather all the sororities who desire to give you a bid give you one and then on bid day you could choose amongst them? there may be logistical problems to this(my campus only has 3 sororities and i know some have 14. having ten bids to choose from would be daunting), but it is more of a hypothetical than anything else. would you rather make a choice on pref night, or have multiple bids to choose from?

[33girl]

what a good question!

I think I would kind of like to know if any of the other sororities whose pref parties I went to had bid me, but that's more an ego thing. If I had had bids from every group on campus I still would have made the same decision.

[AGDLynn]

Logistically, how could there be a quota if everyone got a bid? Also, sad to say many pnms would gravitate toward the "top" groups rather than giving the small groups a chance..thereby losing out on potential terrific sisterhood.

Who knows, the possibility of decreasing the amount of time a nm is "committed" to one group after she depledges and is allowed to join another group would be more likely..but that too could create chaos.

[Betarulz!]

Originally posted by trisigmaAtl
[B] having ten bids to choose from would be daunting/B]

It might seem like this would be true, but you'd be able to throw a couple of the bids out no problem b/c you just didn't like that house. It would also make NPC rush more objective, since you could then throw out the chapters that didnt' meet your requirements (whether academic, social, size, intramurals).

It really wouldn't be as daunting as you'd imagine.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

From the chapter's standpoint, this may be a problem. I wouldn't want my chapter to be known as

"oh, xyz, they bid everybody"

[Beryana]

When I went through rush it was basically a non-NPC formal rush. By this I mean that we all went to each of the 4 houses (three locals and a non-NPC national) for all three rounds including pref. It was possible to get a bid from every group and have to make a decision. I had actually received a bid from three of the four (and I knew the fourth wasn't for me). I could not see having to make a decision from more than those three - and you have a chance to know what groups are for you and which aren't because it was also deferred rush!

Sarah

[trisigmaAtl]

I understand that with the current NPC preference system that multiple bids couldn't work, and I personally don't want to change it. I just wonder how different it would be to make your choice after opening an envelope with more than one bid in it (as so many of my guy friends do) instead of making it the night before without any assurance of a bid at all. it's more of a fanciful fun question than a serious movement for change.

[Tom Earp]

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I think you could still have some kind of quota, because there will be girls who will want to go elsewhere. Or they could always do it first come first serve. For example the first 50 girls to sign to XYZ within a time period is that pledge class. Kind of odd, but that could be a way to of doing multiple bids.

[SilverTurtle]

My university did multiple bids. Not having any NPC orgs, our rush was structured differently.

Rush is *3* weeks.. during wich there are multiple parties- but only 1 sorority per night (or fraternity).

Usually the first 2 rounds were completely open. You have to sign up for rush, and if you're rushing sororities you *have* to attend all of the events in the beginning. (The fraternities are completely open - you can rush 1, 2 or all..)

Then, the sororities begin to cut rushees, but rushees still are required to attend all of the events they are invited back to (notable exceptions like having class or lab are obviously excusable). -This was ONLY for the social sororities. OPA & the co-ed orgs didn't require this, but encouraged it.

So it was possible to keep getting invited back to all of the sororities. Then on the last day of rush you are given your bid(s). There were only 3 social sororities, so if that's all you were interested in, you didn't have a huge decision.

Seemed to work okay.

[Glitter650]

I, being the product of informal spring rush did receive two bids. It was kind of nice to have the option... but I can see where it would cause problem with the whole quota system and such.

[nucutiepie]

I just got installed as recruitment chair for my chapter and just read precisely how the bid-matching process works. I think it is the best way to do it, although I must say that had I known exactly how it worked i would have been such a disaster between signing my pref card and bid night!

[nyrdrms]

At my school, there is a possibility for multiple bids during informal fall recruitment. And I know several people who have received bids from more than one organization. I don't think that it would work for formal at all, but I sometimes wonder about the process in place and just how effective it is at placing people where they want.

[Blue Violet]

At least on my campus, You are only back to a pref party if they really want you to be a sister. pref means-we like you please join us. Obviously you have A list B list so forth because of Quota. BUT, when a girl ranks her pref card, she is kind of getting multiple "offers" and she is selecting, in order her PREFERENCES. They do have choices and it does eliminate a lot of bropems like ABC bids everyone or smaller groups not getting a fair shake.

I recieved multiple bids as well during informal recruitment. It was very flattering. If you meet lots of girls during informal, you probaly will get multiple bids becaue it is not so cut throat.Less pressure.But I think you'd still end up where you would have gone in formal anyway.Just me

[FuzzieAlum]

That's only true if all the GLOs on campus are able to do informal rush, of course.