How does your school handle bidless PNMs on bid day?

[ThetaPrincess24]

My school had the rho gammas/gamma chi's/rho chi's/whatever call the PNM's the night before (after bid matching/snap bidding had occurred which was usually around midnight) and notify PNM's that they did not receive a bid. This way PNM's didnt show up and get upset when everyone got bids in their rush group except them.

VP of membership's however were on the phone calling PNM's at 6pm on Bid Day to start offering COB bids. This process of COB'ing as many girls as you needed to meet quota/total on bid day became about as competitive as formal recruitment!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by PenguinTrax

Wouldn't the snap bid be offered before bid day began?

Technically, it should. But now & again, we've had sororities who are STILL calling bidless PNMs five minutes from the time Bid Day festivities start! Thankfully, release figures have greatly decreased the incidence of that happening.

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

My school had the rho gammas/gamma chi's/rho chi's/whatever call the PNM's the night before (after bid matching/snap bidding had occurred which was usually around midnight) and notify PNM's that they did not receive a bid. This way PNM's didnt show up and get upset when everyone got bids in their rush group except them.

VP of membership's however were on the phone calling PNM's at 6pm on Bid Day to start offering COB bids. This process of COB'ing as many girls as you needed to meet quota/total on bid day became about as competitive as formal recruitment!

And therein lies the second problem, if the bidless PNMs are out to dinner. UNLESS there are a lot of cell phones and a private room available.

[33girl]

If you don't make quota on bid day itself, can't you keep snapping a few days after that?

[aephi alum]

Technically that would be a COB, but I don't see why not. Any chapter that doesn't make quota and/or is under total can COB at pretty much any time, including right after FR.

[33girl]

yeah we never really differentiated between cob & snapping. There were times we gave girls bids on bid day who hadn't been through rush, but they'd been to our open bid parties. This was a long time ago though.

I would think that at some point you would say OK I'm going to bid day now, and stop worrying about snapping/cobing.

[UGAalum94]

Although it's hard for me to imagine recruitment going on a SEC schools while classes are in session (I know that a couple of them do it), I do think of the big disadvantages of rush before school starts is that PNM have no perspective. Almost every single person you talk to is drinking the NPC Kool-Aid. (On some campuses, aren't the dorms only open to girls participating in recruitment until maybe the last weekend.)

I think having non-greek campus folks make contact with PNM who get cut or drop out could be a great step. There are always some campus activity leaders who aren't Greek who might even be honored to be asked to do this. Because they'd clearly be happy, involved, successful people, the PNMs would see that life goes on just fine.

[Ocalagirl]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

I think having non-greek campus folks make contact with PNM who get cut or drop out could be a great step. There are always some campus activity leaders who aren't Greek who might even be honored to be asked to do this. Because they'd clearly be happy, involved, successful people, the PNMs would see that life goes on just fine.

I agree. It is really hard to listen to sympathy from greek members. It comes across that why am I not good enough to make it into one, but I am listening to a women who was good enough to get in. Sooner or later, you realize you are just as good as they are but it was just the luck of the draw you didn't get in. The other really hard part is that first week or so when you see everyone on campus in their bid day shirts and bags. I think a non-greek woman breaking the news would have come across alot better than a Rho Gamma calling for one minute to let you know you didn't get an invite.

[dukemama]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

I think having non-greek campus folks make contact with PNM who get cut or drop out could be a great step. There are always some campus activity leaders who aren't Greek who might even be honored to be asked to do this. Because they'd clearly be happy, involved, successful people, the PNMs would see that life goes on just fine.

Speaking as one who has been there, amen to that!

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

I think having non-greek campus folks make contact with PNM who get cut or drop out could be a great step. There are always some campus activity leaders who aren't Greek who might even be honored to be asked to do this. Because they'd clearly be happy, involved, successful people, the PNMs would see that life goes on just fine.

I know it's weird to quote myself, but I wanted to make clear that I didn't imagine the non-greeks doing the actual notifying of not getting bids, but that they could follow up with girls who didn't end up matching. sort of like the paired up Rho Gammas and bidless girls, but maybe one better because it would be a totally new option on campus.