crying on Bid Day

[33girl]

I'll just add/reiterate:

1. You should not have to sign your bid card IMMEDIATELY after pref. As Meat Loaf said, "Let me sleep on it."

2. You should be notified well in advance of bid day festivities if you did not receive a bid so you can get the hell out of Dodge or else hide somewhere away from all the commotion. I realize a lot of schools have moved bid day from Friday or Saturday to cut down on partying, but they're not thinking about the girls who DON'T get bids and would be well-served by having a weekend at home, or with their boyfriend, or someplace else, to lick their wounds. Bid day Sunday and going to class 12 hours later with everyone wearing letters? Eeeeeek.

3. Women should NOT be made to open their bids or meet their sisters for the first time in a public setting (i.e. "running" or "walking" to your group in the middle of campus, everyone opens bids at once in the student union, etc etc). Putting the pledges, the sorority members, and indeed the entire Greek system on display in this manner is barbaric. Period.