Snap bids at Bama

KSUViolet06 · #1 08-19-2007, 11:16 AM

In short, there's nothing she can do. If all chapters reach quota through bid matching, they wouldn't be eligible to snap bid anyone. The silence period is still in effect until bids go out, so she should not be contacting the sororities anyway.

AGDJules · #2 08-19-2007, 11:18 AM

They go out tonight, I think around 5 PM.

KSUViolet06 · #3 08-19-2007, 11:23 AM

She is eligible for COB/Informal recruitment, but there may not be any if everyone reaches total today.

AGDJules · #4 08-19-2007, 11:27 AM

Thanks! Things have changed so much since I went through. We called them "open bids" and I could not remember how the process worked then and very unsure of how it worked now.

kelcaopi · #5 08-19-2007, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

In short, there's nothing she can do. If she dropped out on her own, she's not eligible for a snap bid. If all chapters reach quota through bid matching, they wouldn't be eligible to snap bid anyone. The silence period is still in effect until bids go out, so she should not be contacting the sororities anyway.

I'm not sure about that. I know in the UGA thread they're saying you can't give a snap to a girl who dropped but that wasn't true at my school. A girl who dropped out on her own was still eligible for a snap bid and those were usually the girls who got the snap bids because you're not going to snap someone that you've already cut. Usually the girls who got snaps were the ones that cut your house early on then dropped out near the end when they didn't get the invites they wanted.

However, she probably shouldn't get her hopes up too much for a snap bid. Like the UGA discussion snap bids at Alabama are very rare and statistically she doesn't have a very good chance. Not saying it couldn't happen, just that she shouldn't get her hopes up. And she should not be contacting the sororities before bid day. If she's interested in COB she should go to the greek life office and put her name on the list.

Zillini · #6 08-19-2007, 12:12 PM

It's my understanding that if a PNM voluntarily withdraws she is still eligible for a snap bid as long as she informs Panhellenic that she would be interested. As to whether any snap bids were issued last night or how many Chapters made quota, we won't know that until later. Typically after the Bids are handed out.

You may want to check out my advice to MDBamaDad in his thread "Dad needs advice regarding Bama" on what to do next.

AGDJules · #7 08-19-2007, 01:56 PM

Zillini,

I PM'd you.

J

BamaMama · #8 08-21-2007, 12:38 PM

[quote=Zillini;1504654]It's my understanding that if a PNM voluntarily withdraws she is still eligible for a snap bid as long as she informs Panhellenic that she would be interested. As to whether any snap bids were issued last night or how many Chapters made quota, we won't know that until later. Typically after the Bids are handed out.

Were snap bids issued, and how many chapters made quota? How many are still under total?

SmartBlondeGPhB · #9 08-21-2007, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Zillini

It's my understanding that if a PNM voluntarily withdraws she is still eligible for a snap bid as long as she informs Panhellenic that she would be interested. As to whether any snap bids were issued last night or how many Chapters made quota, we won't know that until later. Typically after the Bids are handed out.

Were snap bids issued, and how many chapters made quota? How many are still under total?

As was already said in the other Alabama thread, snap bids are not publicized and a woman getting a snap bid isn't going to know that she was "snapped" versus simply being on the original bid list. If women were "snapped", it happened on bid day.

kelcaopi · #10 08-21-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaMama

As was already said in the other Alabama thread, snap bids are not publicized and a woman getting a snap bid isn't going to know that she was "snapped" versus simply being on the original bid list. If women were "snapped", it happened on bid day.

That's not how it worked at my school. The girls definitely knew they were snapped because they had already dropped out of recruitment. Usually the recruitment chair and a active that had met her at a rush party would go to the girls room and talk to her about accepting the bid. If she accepted she would come to bid day with everyone else. I think there's some confusion about the difference between a quota addition and a snap bid.

aopirose · #11 08-21-2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by kelcaopi

I think there's some confusion about the difference between a quota addition and a snap bid.

Add COB/COR to the list.

UGAalum94 · #12 08-21-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SmartBlondeGPhB

As was already said in the other Alabama thread, snap bids are not publicized and a woman getting a snap bid isn't going to know that she was "snapped" versus simply being on the original bid list. If women were "snapped", it happened on bid day.

At UGA, at least in the olden days, the girl knew she was being snapped because she got a phone call from the group [or panhellenic, I guess.]

I think that SmartBlondeGPhB was probably thinking quota additions because in that case, she is totally right.

With snaps though, the girl didn't* pref the house, so surely she'd need to know and consent to get a bid [from a house that she didn't list on her bid card.]

(Although, I guess, at campuses that distribute bids and then let girls sign them, they could give a snap bid as the bid, but it just seems like of jerky because most girls would expect a bid to the group they preffed.)

*ETA: this should really be changed to might not have preffed the house, I guess.

irishpipes · #13 08-21-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SmartBlondeGPhB

At UGA, at least in the olden days, the girl knew she was being snapped because she got a phone call from the group.

I think that SmartBlondeGPhB was probably thinking quota additions because in that case, she is totally right.

With snaps though, the girl didn't pref the house, so surely she'd need to know and consent to getting that bid.

(Although, I guess, at campuses who distribute bids and then let girls sign them, they could give a snap bid as the bid, but it just seems like of jerky because most girls would expect a bid to the group they preffed.)

A girl can be snapped if she preffed the house.

Zillini · #14 08-21-2007, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

At UGA, at least in the olden days, the girl knew she was being snapped because she got a phone call from the group [of panhellenic, I guess.]

I think that SmartBlondeGPhB was probably thinking quota additions because in that case, she is totally right.

With snaps though, the girl didn't* pref the house, so surely she'd need to know and consent to get a bid [from a house that she didn't list on her bid card.]

(Although, I guess, at campuses who distribute bids and then let girls sign them, they could give a snap bid as the bid, but it just seems like of jerky because most girls would expect a bid to the group they preffed.)

*ETA: this should really be changed to might not have preffed the house, I guess.

That has always been my understanding, at least in regards to Bama.

Zillini · #15 08-21-2007, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaMama

Were snap bids issued, and how many chapters made quota? How many are still under total?

Honestly it's hard to say how many Chapters had to snap. Panhellenic doesn't share the pledge lists until the bids are distributed which was at 5pm. Who knows how many Chapters may have received the call saying they needed to come snap. So if a Chapter snaps up to Quota prior to bids being handed out, the rest of the campus may never know they even had to.

We do know now (please refer to the thread on UA recruitment) that KD and Gamma Phi missed Quota -- at least by bid distribution time. However both have nearly snapped up to Quota and I wouldn't be surprised if they hit it really soon.