Recruitment annoyance

twinkle555 · #1 03-06-2008, 02:15 PM

I know what you mean pinklion! We had this girl that everyone was in love with during COB. Although, I never got to talk to her so I didnt feel as strongly as the other sisters.

Anyways, we offered her a bid and she told us she was going to wait and go through in the fall. Totally acceptable answer. Some of the sisters remained friends with her and invited her out to events/dinner/movies etc.

We were all really shocked to see her go to another sororities COB events later that week..the sisters close to her felt betrayed. However, she did not receive a bid (or maybe she told them she was waiting for fall too idk) to that sorority so Im interested to see if she ends up rushing in the fall.

twinkle555 · #2 03-06-2008, 02:18 PM

I agree with Nittany...this girl could cause your sorority to get a bad rap or something. Let her know that while you enjoy her company and you could perhaps hang out with her at other places, recruitment events are for girls that are interested in joining your sorority.

ForeverRoses · #3 03-06-2008, 02:56 PM

I hope this isn't a huge hjack, but...

For how long are bids good? Or how long does someone have to decide that they will accept or decline? I vaguely remember a girl that started the new member program with my class, decided to drop out, but then in the spring decided to take her bid back and ended up being initiated in the spring with that new member class. If I remember correctly, once you accepted a bid, it was good for a year (but maybe that was just our panhellenic rule).

33girl · #4 03-06-2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I hope this isn't a huge hjack, but...

For how long are bids good? Or how long does someone have to decide that they will accept or decline? I vaguely remember a girl that started the new member program with my class, decided to drop out, but then in the spring decided to take her bid back and ended up being initiated in the spring with that new member class. If I remember correctly, once you accepted a bid, it was good for a year (but maybe that was just our panhellenic rule).

We had this happen too (and I wish we could have taken the bid back, but that's another story) and yes, the bid is good for a year.