crying on Bid Day

[33girl]

I'll just add/reiterate:

1. You should not have to sign your bid card IMMEDIATELY after pref. As Meat Loaf said, "Let me sleep on it."

2. You should be notified well in advance of bid day festivities if you did not receive a bid so you can get the hell out of Dodge or else hide somewhere away from all the commotion. I realize a lot of schools have moved bid day from Friday or Saturday to cut down on partying, but they're not thinking about the girls who DON'T get bids and would be well-served by having a weekend at home, or with their boyfriend, or someplace else, to lick their wounds. Bid day Sunday and going to class 12 hours later with everyone wearing letters? Eeeeeek.

3. Women should NOT be made to open their bids or meet their sisters for the first time in a public setting (i.e. "running" or "walking" to your group in the middle of campus, everyone opens bids at once in the student union, etc etc). Putting the pledges, the sorority members, and indeed the entire Greek system on display in this manner is barbaric. Period.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

3. Women should NOT be made to open their bids or meet their sisters for the first time in a public setting (i.e. "running" or "walking" to your group in the middle of campus, everyone opens bids at once in the student union, etc etc). Putting the pledges, the sorority members, and indeed the entire Greek system on display in this manner is barbaric. Period.

Question from an outsider/

Is that how it is done on some campuses? People post those videos of women running and so forth. Classmates, family, and friends sometimes line up the sidewalks to watch them. Is that the process of opening bid and running to their new sisters for the first time? As an outsider, I can see cons and pros to that approach.

/Question from an outsider

[33girl]

Yes, on some campuses that is how it is done.

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Question from an outsider/

Is that how it is done on some campuses? People post those videos of women running and so forth. Classmates, family, and friends sometimes line up the sidewalks to watch them. Is that the process of opening bid and running to their new sisters for the first time? As an outsider, I can see cons and pros to that approach.

/Question from an outsider

Yes, Squeal Day is loads of fun for almost everyone, but can be difficult for the new members who did not get their first choice.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Question from an outsider/

Is that how it is done on some campuses? People post those videos of women running and so forth. Classmates, family, and friends sometimes line up the sidewalks to watch them. Is that the process of opening bid and running to their new sisters for the first time? As an outsider, I can see cons and pros to that approach.

/Question from an outsider

We were forced to switch to this method my junior year because the university felt it was too disruptive to storm the dorms picking up new members. I raised hell at the president's council because a) it's stressful for the NM's who didn't get their first choices and b) it's stressful for the chapters that didn't make quota.

Prior to the switch, you picked up your bid in the union, and then returned to your dorm, and then a sister would call you to say what time you should be ready to be picked up. The sisters would show up in small groups and run down the hallway doing the sorority cheer, decorate your door, and give you a t-shirt to change into. Yes, it was loud, yes, it meant non-residents were tearing through the dorms on a random Sunday evening (or Monday, if it fell on Labor Day), but c'mon...you have one of the largest Greek systems in the country, suck it up, rest-of-the-university.