University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) 2012 Recruitment

[softychik]

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[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by softychik

I am going through recruitment at Ole Miss this year and our gamma chi said as long as we get one invite for preference we have a bid.

As Tichou just said, there are never any guarantees, but yes, it is highly, highly unlikely to not get a bid as long as you attend pref and list all of your pref chapters on your final bid card.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by softychik

I am going through recruitment at Ole Miss this year and our gamma chi said as long as we get one invite for preference we have a bid.

NO NO NO

Please, Softychik, please READ about the other qualifiers that are explained in this thread. It is not just as simple as getting an invite to a Pref party.

[ElvisLover]

ThetaLady is right. I've heard of girls who just had one invitation for Pref parties and did not receive a bid. It does happen; that sorority might rank the PNMs lower on their bid list and the ranks didn't match up.

[HQWest]

No that is not the way RFM works. Ole Miss is using a Quota additions method. If a PNM gets invited to prefs then she will get a bid to one if those chapters if she lists all of them on her pref card.

If she only gets invited to one pref - she will get a bid UNLESS there is sonething really really wrong (GPA too low to initiate, going to prison after recruitment?)

If she went to prefs and didnt show up bid day odds are much more likely she turned dien her bid.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by ElvisLover

ThetaLady is right. I've heard of girls who just had one invitation for Pref parties and did not receive a bid. It does happen; that sorority might rank the PNMs lower on their bid list and the ranks didn't match up.

Nope, this is not the issue anymore.

PNMs only hear the part that says "If you go to Pref Night, you have a bid."

The parts that PNMs fail to pay attention to is that they MUST "MAXIMIZE THEIR OPTIONS".
This means they must go to ALL pref parties they are invited to AND they must rank ALL of those chapters on their card, in order to have the best chance at getting a bid.

If the PNM goes to 3 Prefs, but they decide not to list all 3 groups on their card, they may NOT get a bid. IF they only list 2of the 3, deciding that they would not accept a bid from the third chapter, then they risk receiving no bid at all. IF they SIP, they may not get a bid.

IF chapters find out something really, really bad about a PNM after Pref invites go out, but before Bid lists are done, they may also drop a PNM. It can happen.

[Mevara]

Originally Posted by thetalady

IF chapters find out something really, really bad about a PNM after Pref invites go out, but before Bid lists are done, they may also drop a PNM. It can happen.

Really? I thought that if a PNM came to Pref that they must be on your bid list somewhere. I have never heard of being able to drop a PNM of your bid list.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by Mevara

Really? I thought that if a PNM came to Pref that they must be on your bid list somewhere. I have never heard of being able to drop a PNM of your bid list.

Perhaps that depends on the organization. We may have different rules.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by softychik

I am going through recruitment at Ole Miss this year and our gamma chi said as long as we get one invite for preference we have a bid.

I noticed that you raised some questions about this in previous posts (different year) -- it might be a good idea to remove identifying details and info from these posts.