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[tld221]

umm WTH? how can you get a bid if you dropped out of rush? you didnt go through Phase C either...

that was kinda creppy how yor Rho Chi waited for you by your door to give you a bid - very stalker-like. complete with the "call us if you have questions" deal.

help me make sense of this.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by tld221

umm WTH? how can you get a bid if you dropped out of rush? you didnt go through Phase C either...

that was kinda creppy how yor Rho Chi waited for you by your door to give you a bid - very stalker-like. complete with the "call us if you have questions" deal.

help me make sense of this.

My name was on the COB list, so that was supposed to indicate to the chapters that I'd still be interested in joining a sorority. I guess the groups I received bids from felt that they had learned enough about me during rush to indicate that I was a good candidate to receive a bid.

I think with my Rho Chi, the situation was this - chapters couldn't start COBing until 6 pm that day. So, any chapter that decided to COB hurried up to get bids out there to anyone they were really interested in. She would likely have witnessed the other groups dropping off bids (I came back to my room not too long after 6 pm, which was the earliest they would have been allowed to contact me). Given that I still didn't know at that point what houses my Rho Chis were in, she probably wanted me to be aware that one of the groups I was getting a bid from was hers.

(My other Rho Chi, I learned much later, was a member of Nelson Muntz.)

[mystikchick]

omg this thread just got REALLY fascinating! this totally tops ANY rush thread i've ever read here because of the plot twists. you are obviously an extremely special and in demand person! 5/6, i mean wow!

could someone tell me how likely something like this would be today (like getting that many bids for COB just after recruitment ends?)

[BetteDavisEyes]

This is definitely one of the strangest rush threads I've ever read but also somewhat fascinating at how it all happened for you.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

This is definitely one of the strangest rush threads I've ever read but also somewhat fascinating at how it all happened for you.

I agree. It would have been really different reading it as it happened too!

[susan314]

Originally Posted by mystikchick

could someone tell me how likely something like this would be today (like getting that many bids for COB just after recruitment ends?)

I think it would be unusual now, even at a very laid back campus.

At the time, I think COBing was a little new to all the chapters. They took a look at the names on the COB list, if they saw the name of someone who they liked during rush and felt that they had enough info on that person to comply with their Membership Selection requirements...they gave them a bid.

COBing has been refined a lot since 1992! I suspect that if someone were in my situation today, they'd find themselves getting a lot of invitations to COB events vs. getting actual bids. Bids might be issued down the road, after a few informal COB events. But it might not be as likely that they'd get bids immediately after formal recruitment ended. (Unless they already had friends in the chapter prior to recruitment, of course. That wasn't the case with me though.)

[TSteven]

In an homage to 'The Simspons', please allow me to paraphrase Comic Book Guy and simply say: "Best Rush Thread Ever!"

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally Posted by TSteven

In an homage to 'The Simspons', please allow me to paraphrase Comic Book Guy and simply say: "Best Rush Thread Ever!"

Yes but finish please.....

[AGDee]

I'm still guessing Alpha Gam....