rush at UCSB

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Leilanimoon -
I have been keeping up on your thread and I am SO SORRY that you did not have a good UCSB rush experience. It has changed a lot since I went through (Fall 98) due to increasing interest and fierce competition between the houses. A lot of rules and regulations are airtight, and this makes our recruitment a little different from other campuses.

Anyhow, I worked for Stephan my senior year, and having been through recruitment three times as an active, I can maybe help clarify this policy UCSB is using regarding snap bids/COB. It may or may not be right (I don't have my green book in front of me to check) but...

You technically did 'withdrawl' on Pref night because you did not attend a party. If you would have attended the parties at Tri-Delt & AEPhi and then gone to IV theater and NOT signed a pref card, you would have completed recruitment & been eligible for a snap bid (Signing the card is the binding agreement to another house). The list that goes to the houses is all the girls who ATTENDED a pref. party but DID NOT sign a pref. card.

'Withdrawl' status at UCSB is dropping out anytime when you COULD have attended a party, even if you knew you weren't going to join a house. So technically, because there are chapter that choose to invite PNM's still in rush after they regreted an invitation, deciding not to attend at any time you still have an invite is withdrawing.

Because you DIDN'T sign a Pref. card, you are not bound to a house for a year, which is why you are eligible for COB throughout the year.

This policy was obviously not made clear to you, which is a problem. However, there is a good chance that quite a few houses will be holding open houses this fall and winter so keep your eyes open.

If you have any questions, please PM me!!!

Delia