Pref Night / Bid Day Question

sherryanne · #1 09-09-2008, 01:08 AM

Thanks for the advice, I'll keep that in mind during recruitment. I've seen the word "snap bid" often recently - is that given out only during COB (I keep seeing it in COB topics)? I'm not quite sure what it is - does fall recruitment have these snap bids?

KSUViolet06 · #2 09-09-2008, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by sherryanne

Thanks for the advice, I'll keep that in mind during recruitment. I've seen the word "snap bid" often recently - is that given out only during COB (I keep seeing it in COB topics)? I'm not quite sure what it is - does fall recruitment have these snap bids?

Yes, snap bids are given out as part of the bid matching process of formal recruitment. Any bidding that occurs outside of/after formal bid matching is technically considered a COB bid, not a snap bid.

This thread contains some details about how snap bidding works, as it is a little complicated:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...t=snap+bidding

sherryanne · #3 09-09-2008, 10:52 PM

I had a friend who didn't get a bid/snap bid last year - she didn't make it to Pref Night, actually. She's going to rerush next week. Would she be seen as "damaged goods" in this case? She knows that the actives will probably ask why she decided to rush again - should she mention about her experience last year and not getting a bid?

KSUViolet06 · #4 09-09-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sherryanne

I had a friend who didn't get a bid/snap bid last year - she didn't make it to Pref Night, actually. She's going to rerush next week. Would she be seen as "damaged goods" in this case? She knows that the actives will probably ask why she decided to rush again - should she mention about her experience last year and not getting a bid?

This is a tough call. It depends on the school really. At some schools, second-time rushees have the same chance to get a bid as anyone else, while at others it's practically unheard of.

If they ask about her from last year, depending on the school, they probably already know that she didn't get a bid last time.

gpb1874 · #5 09-11-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sherryanne

I had a friend who didn't get a bid/snap bid last year - she didn't make it to Pref Night, actually. She's going to rerush next week. Would she be seen as "damaged goods" in this case? She knows that the actives will probably ask why she decided to rush again - should she mention about her experience last year and not getting a bid?

I'd say it depends on her experience last year. If she got cut from every house, I probably wouldn't bring it up. If she had to drop for some reason, it's probably safe to say "i had this (personal) thing come up and had to withdraw last year. I'm still really interested in what sorority life has to offer, so I wanted to give it another shot now that (thing) is all worked out." I wouldn't go into too much detail about personal thing with girls that you don't know. Never a good idea!