Please explain a snap bid?

AChiOhSnap · #1 09-06-2006, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pokey318

I think I understand the basics of a snap bid, but more information is needed. Can a PNM ask for a snap bid from a house that cut her earlier or can only the house offer the snap bid?

On pref night she has two houses; if she doesn't receive a bid from either of these two houses she would like to try for a snap bid at her very first, first choice house where she was cut after round 3. She knows they gave a snap bid last year, but only one, so she is aware it is a long shot. She likes both of the house where she was preffed, but loved the house she would be interested in a snap bid.

I don't know anything about snap bids other than what I have read here so I don't know how to advise her. I didn't know if she should inform her RC of her thoughts, or of that wasn't a good idea. I wasn't sure what the RC should know and not know. Or does she wait and see if the RC calls her tomorrow and tells her she wasn't offered a bid, and then ask about snap bidding? Or is this something she should take up with the sorority itself or the greek office?

Help a new mother out here!

Only a house can offer a snap bid, but the ability to extend a snap bid varies from recruitment to recruitment. She could ask her Rho Chi, but she probably won't get more information then she would here. Her Rho Chi can't tell her the specifics of each sorority's snap bidding process, nor can she say whether or not her favorite house will be giving snap bids until after sororities get their new members.

She should not ask the sorority itself, as their snap bidding procedure is part of their private membership selection and her question would likely to be considered bad form. It is up to the house, and only the house, to snap bid someone. There's no way to make oneself available for snap bidding, nor is there really a way to express interest in snap bidding. There's no way for the Rho Chi or Greek Life office to "pass along" her interest to the sorority in question. Honestly, she just has to wait and see. That's the best I can tell you!

pokey318 · #2 09-06-2006, 07:17 PM

The girl my daughter know that received a snap bid in the past actually contacted the sorority herself. She emailed several houses to ask if they had a spot and got a response from this one house. I don't know much other than this girl was cut after round 1 and wanted to be in a sorority. This house offered her a spot, but I don't know how close to bid day this was.

My daughter is interested in the same house if she doesn't get a bid from the two houses she has left. She only knows one girl in that house, and that girl does know that her house is my daughter's first choice. I guess that will have to be good enough.

AChiOhSnap · #3 09-06-2006, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by pokey318

My daughter is interested in the same house if she doesn't get a bid from the two houses she has left. She only knows one girl in that house, and that girl does know that her house is my daughter's first choice. I guess that will have to be good enough.

If it does not work out for her during this recruitment and she's still interested in a sorority, she should definitely check out COB. COB is more common than snap bidding (which can be rare). Even if her number one choice did not extend a snap bid to her, they may still participate in COB. This could be a very good way for your daughter to continue in her sorority search if the worst ends up happening.

GDIfly · #4 09-07-2006, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pokey318

The girl my daughter know that received a snap bid in the past actually contacted the sorority herself. She emailed several houses to ask if they had a spot and got a response from this one house. I don't know much other than this girl was cut after round 1 and wanted to be in a sorority. This house offered her a spot, but I don't know how close to bid day this was.

Is it possible it was actually after bid day? Because this sounds like COR, not a snap bid. Especially if she was cut from formal recruitment after round 1.

pokey318 · #5 09-07-2006, 08:26 PM

I believe this girl emailed the houses she was interested in around round 4 when she had been cut from all houses. The house she joined had cut her after round 1, but she still had other houses available. It is my understanding that Snap bidding takes place the morning before bids are given out, so this girl may have accepted the snap bid the morning of bid day. I am guess that because she wasn't offered a bid from any other house, and this house had not made quota during bid matching, they decided to take her.

irishpipes · #6 09-07-2006, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pokey318

I believe this girl emailed the houses she was interested in around round 4 when she had been cut from all houses. The house she joined had cut her after round 1, but she still had other houses available. It is my understanding that Snap bidding takes place the morning before bids are given out, so this girl may have accepted the snap bid the morning of bid day. I am guess that because she wasn't offered a bid from any other house, and this house had not made quota during bid matching, they decided to take her.

Wow. That sounds strange. Is that an infraction?

Hegemon · #7 09-08-2006, 12:06 AM

I'm thinking that maybe this situation actually occurred differently than Pokey believes. Not that I think she's being less than truthful, but because stories tend to get twisted as they pass from one to another. Contact b/w PNMS and sorority members is prohibited until recruitment is over, outside of the parties that is. At least at my chapter, girls who were snapped up had dropped us with interest. I don't think we ever snapped up a girl that we had dropped after the first round...

pokey318 · #8 09-08-2006, 07:44 AM

Hegemon-You are right that this story may not be all correct. I am getting it at least fourth hand so the details are a bit fuzzy. While the girl was a snap bid, maybe the details are different than I have reported. I maybe should not have posted a story that I had no first hand knowledge of.

Whatever the case, snap bidding wasn't necessary for my daughter, and at the moment that is all that is important to me. I am just glad I don't have another daughter having to go through rush!

I am totally worn out by the whole process!