Retro Recruitment.....with a different ending

[violetpretty]

Someone correct me if I am wrong...

"Guaranteed bidding" has more to do with bid matching. Chapters make their cuts, and if a PNM is released by all of the chapters, well obviously she doesn't get a bid. I think that when a bid is guaranteed, it refers to a PNM maximizing her options throughout recruitment and ranking all of her remaining chapters on her bid card. Even if a PNM was only invited to one chapter's preference, and say she is near the bottom of their list, some "guaranteed bid" schools will guarantee her a bid (regularly or through quota additions if necessary). A College Panhellenic can NOT guarantee that you will not be released by every chapter, but they CAN guarantee you a bid if you are somewhere on somebody's bidlist come preference and you maximize your options. Again, not all campuses do this.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by JessSigKap

Someone correct me if I am wrong...

A College Panhellenic can NOT guarantee that you will not be released by every chapter, but they CAN guarantee you a bid if you are somewhere on somebody's bidlist come preference and you maximize your options.

There are a couple of schools which have even guaranteed PNMs that they will not be released by every chapter - even if all the chapters cut them, they will receive a bid from somewhere.

One poster on here described being an advisor at bid matching with the chapters arguing over which chapter got "stuck" taking each girl released from the other chapters.

(I'm too tired/lazy to search for the threads now , but 33girl recently linked them in another thread. If you do a search for Tufts or Creighton recruitment, you'll probably find them. I think at least one of those schools changed to the "normal" way now, but in the very recent past they were actually guaranteeing bids to PNMs.)

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by susan314

There are a couple of schools which have even guaranteed PNMs that they will not be released by every chapter - even if all the chapters cut them, they will receive a bid from somewhere.

One poster on here described being an advisor at bid matching with the chapters arguing over which chapter got "stuck" taking each girl released from the other chapters.

(I'm too tired/lazy to search for the threads now , but 33girl recently linked them in another thread. If you do a search for Tufts or Creighton recruitment, you'll probably find them. I think at least one of those schools changed to the "normal" way now, but in the very recent past they were actually guaranteeing bids to PNMs.)

I seem to recall my alma mater having that policy when I went through Rush. I don't believe it's that way now but I remember my Rho Chi saying that if you attend all parties and rank all chapters where you attend parties that you are guaranteed to place somewhere. The problem was, if at pref you had two you liked and one you didn't (or two you didn't like and one you did) you HAD to put all of them on your bid card. A few girls in my group were very nervous on bid day because of that.

Who knows though, my Rho Chi also told me you have a better chance of matching with your first choice if you rank all chapters where you attend preference...which we all know is not true.

[33girl]

I believe Tufts & Creighton went a step beyond "guaranteed bidding" and had "guaranteed placement." Guar bidding means you will get a bid from somewhere if you go the whole way through pref, even if it's a sorority you detest. Obviously you don't have to take the bid, but once it's given to you, Panhel says "not our problem." Guar placement, on the other hand, I think when it gets down to it the rushees can basically pick who they want to join and if the sorority doesn't like it, tough beans.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I believe Tufts & Creighton went a step beyond "guaranteed bidding" and had "guaranteed placement." Guar bidding means you will get a bid from somewhere if you go the whole way through pref, even if it's a sorority you detest. Obviously you don't have to take the bid, but once it's given to you, Panhel says "not our problem." Guar placement, on the other hand, I think when it gets down to it the rushees can basically pick who they want to join and if the sorority doesn't like it, tough beans.

Weird. So it would benefit the PNM to get dropped from every house but her favorite because she'd have to be placed there?