Bids distribution

[UGAalum94]

I don't think there's any horror in the way you all do it, and it's not exactly a travesty that the snap bids don't get to run. It would just be cool if they could. It sounds like fun the way you all do it.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I don't think there's any horror in the way you all do it, and it's not exactly a travesty that the snap bids don't get to run. It would just be cool if they could. It sounds like fun the way you all do it.

I loathe mushy things, but it's one of the most fun things we do with the sorority every year. And I loved mine.

[twinkle555]

Since recruitment week is going to be a bit different this year (it occurs after the first week of school this year instead of the week before school) Im not sure how Bid day (well..it will be Bid night this year) will go.

But this is how it went down...
The Pi Chi's meet with their groups and give them all little gifts..for about 30 min lol. Then when every single girl in every single Pi Chi group is present the Pi Chis will call girls out one by one about 20 feet from the group to give them their envelope. Once the girl opens it in front of her Pi Chis she runs back to the group and annoucnces what house she got. Screaming and hugging usually follows each girl.

After every girl has their bid, then the Pan exec board annouces that all the
"XYZ's" go to the center of the quad..then their Pi Chis run them to their house. They repeat this for each sorority. Then we all go inside the houses, eat, talk etc. for about 45 min., then we return to the quad for Pi Chi reveal...then they all run home. Its the best day EVER.

[sigmaceli]

We don't have houses, so our tradition developed because of it.

On pref night, you are told that if you receive a bid the next morning, you are to bring a big zip-up jacket. We have all women who received a bid come to our student center (GC) at 11:00 am the next morning. Women who were not offered a bid were called earlier that morning. Each Rho Gamma group meets up and they go upstairs according to the time that their entire group is present (which makes for some hilarious moments - I was 2 minutes late because of parking and two of my Rho Gamma group members had already tracked down my number from a TKE friend of mine and called me to find out where I was!). They open their bid cards with Campus Life staff and their Rho Gammas and accept or decline. If they decline or are visibly upset, the Rho Gamma and/or Campus Life staff will console and/or counsel the girl.

If they accept, they sign their paperwork and go downstairs to another room to pick up their bid day shirt and change into it. Then, they pick up their big zip up jacket and make sure all of their shirt is covered. Once everyone who has received a bid changes and has their jacket on, they recite the Panhellenic Creed. While they are reciting, the Rho Gammas and Pi Chis change into their chapter jerseys and grab their RG/PX zip-up jackets and meet up the women again, so everyone goes crazy trying to guess what chapters they belong to.

THEN, each group is led down to the ballrooms downstairs. We go downstairs through the back entrance and wait. The chapters have already picked sections of the ballrooms and decorated them with bid day bags, huge wooden letters, etc. So, each group goes onstage, the women count to 3, unzip their jacket and jump offstage to their new chapter!

After the new members have finished, the Rho Gammas and Pi Chis reveal their affiliation and jump off the stage to rejoin their chapter and join in separate bid day festivities.

It's SO much fun, and as a former Pi Chi, it feels amazing to jump off stage and re-join your sisters after a long summer of recruitment madness! Lots of cheering and jumping and hugging ensues.

[ThetaForLife]

Pref is on Sunday and we were told to go to the University Center between 5:30 and 7 on Monday with a zip-up jacket to pick up our bids. We met with our Rho Sigmas privately, opened our envelopes and if someone was unhappy then the Rho Sig would console her. If we accepted, we signed the paperwork and got a T-shirt. We were told to change into the shirt and put the sweatshirt on and to meet back in groups at 7:30. At 7:45 we walked over to the CFA Lawn and each group of PNM's got on the stage and unzipped their sweatshirts and ran to their new sisters who were cheering and screaming on the lawn. Then the Rho Sigs who were also wearing zip-ups did the same thing and ran back to their sisters. Finally Panhel Exec reveals. Then we took pictures with the professional photographer and then went back to our house.

[Thetagirl218]

We don't have houses at North Florida (Though they are coming in the next couple years). Because of this all the PNMs meet at 10am at the Arena and are given their bid cards in a back room. The girls are then placed in groups and when the time comes the Panhellenic president calls each group and says "Welcome Home to XYZ" and that group runs to their GLO on the other side of the arena. It varied by sorority, but most girls were met by an active who had been assigned to them and had their bid day shirt and stuff! After the PNMs found their sorority, the Panhellenic council revealed who they were, and ran to their sorority.

From there everyone went outside and took group pictures with the University photograph on the school steps. Then each group went somewhere for their bid day activities.