Penn State recruitment

[SoCalGirl]

The year rule only applies to bids extended through formal recruitment. You'll be eligible in the Fall.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

The year rule only applies to bids extended through formal recruitment. You'll be eligible in the Fall.

Is this true everywhere or does it vary from campus to campus?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

The year rule only applies to bids extended through formal recruitment. You'll be eligible in the Fall.

No, it doesn't. An accepted bid is an accepted bid. She can't rush again till next spring.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

The year rule only applies to bids extended through formal recruitment. You'll be eligible in the Fall.

The year rule applies to any bid accepted through any form of recruitment - formal or informal.

We had this happen when I was an adviser. A woman pledged our group via informal recruitment, depledged the same semester and then tried to sign up for formal recruitment in the fall. The Greek Advisor was extremely misinformed and though it was okay. I knew it wasn't, and contacted our NPC rep who confirmed the year-wait rule applies to both informal AND formal recruitment.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

The year rule applies to any bid given through any form of recruitment - formal or informal.

We had this happen when I was an adviser. A woman pledged our group via informal recruitment, depledged the same semester and then tried to sign up for formal recruitment in the fall. The Greek Advisor was extremely misinformed and though it was okay. I knew it wasn't, and contacted our NPC rep who confirmed the year-wait rule applies to both informal AND formal recruitment.

It applies when a PNM is matched during formal, whether or not she "accepts" on bid day. During informal, a PNM can be offered a bid from as many chapters as are participating. If she declines a bid, she is not bound to that chapter. If she accepts and begins pledging, she is bound for a year.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

It applies when a PNM is matched during formal, whether or not she "accepts" on bid day. During informal, a PNM can be offered a bid from as many chapters as are participating. If she declines a bid, she is not bound to that chapter. If she accepts and begins pledging, she is bound for a year.

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[33girl]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

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tee hee, mine too.

To the OP: I advise you to stick it out and see if things get better. If you still really, really, REALLY hate it, you can depledge and rush again in the spring, but most likely your choices will be the same ones that you had this past spring.

[KSUViolet06]

To paraphrase what others have said:

If you depledge before initiation, you won't be eligible to join another sorority until NEXT SPRING. So you would not be allowed to do fall recruitment next year.

However, once you are initiated, you may not rush again at ALL.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by PenguinTrax

Per the NPC Unanimous Agreements

VI. College Panhellenic Association Agreements
3. Preferential Bidding

A signed Membership Recruitment Acceptance or a Continuous Open Bidding (COB) Acceptance is binding. If a potential member receives a bid under the preference system, she is ineligible to be pledged to any other NPC fraternity on the same campus for one calendar year. If a potential member does not receive a bid under the preference system, she is eligible for COB.

The best and most accurate answer would be from your regional NPC advisor. You can find out who that is on the NPC site: www.npcwomen.org

Emphasis is my own. Unless I'm misunderstanding something, "preference system" is formal recruitment. Spring at Penn State is informal. Therefore she's eligible in Fall.