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[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor

I'm looking at the green book right now and if you signed a bid card it states that you are bound to that group for one calendar year. That is listed under the section "what every PNM needs to know about recruitment" it is the second to last bullet point. My green book is from 2011 so that may have changed in 2012. Did you sign a piece of paper called a MRABA? Sometimes that step gets lost in informal recruitment.

I believe we have debated this to death here, and the ultimate consensus is that the MRABA binds until the next formal rush.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I believe we have debated this to death here, and the ultimate consensus is that the MRABA binds until the next formal rush.

Which I think is complete bullshit and stigmatizes COB even more by making it seem like the bids given then don't count for as much. But anyway.

freedombliss - as a new student there you should have NEVER gone through informal rush in the first place (unless you somehow through friends or something knew so much about the campus and the Greek system that it was like you were already a student for a semester). You're obviously not happy so drop out and try in the fall, but be aware you may come up empty handed.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Which I think is complete bullshit and stigmatizes COB even more by making it seem like the bids given then don't count for as much. But anyway.

I'd argue that if COB bids did bind girls for a full year, and make them ineligible for formal recruitment, even fewer girls would "risk" going through COB in the first place.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I believe we have debated this to death here, and the ultimate consensus is that the MRABA binds until the next formal rush.

I would consult with the Greek Adviser at your school before assuming this is correct. Not all Greek Advisers interpret the Green Book the same way or correctly. You may or may not be held to that bid for a full calendar year. It depends on how the Greek Adviser reads the statement.