A Big Bang Theory Recruitment Story

[limegreen]

Thanks for the story.

Originally Posted by scgoldengirl

My roommate and the rest of the younger girls that I've been hanging with are invited back to only one party for Pref night. They've already made up their minds that they are going to suicide. They really have no choice.

I just need a technical point clarified. Would it really be a suicide bid if they only were invited to one party? I was always under the assumption that if the PM only had one party, they could only list one party. So these girls would still be available for snap bids? I guess what I'm really wondering is how the policy has changed since the time this story occurred until now. Did they even have QAs and snap bids in the 70s?

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Originally Posted by limegreen

Thanks for the story.



I just need a technical point clarified. Would it really be a suicide bid if they only were invited to one party? I was always under the assumption that if the PM only had one party, they could only list one party. So these girls would still be available for snap bids? I guess what I'm really wondering is how the policy has changed since the time this story occurred until now. Did they even have QAs and snap bids in the 70s?

No if they are invited to one party, it is not suicide or SIP as it is known now. They are not only intentionally choosing one party and are maximizing their options. They would have been available for snap bids. I have no clue when QA and snap bids were created as I'm part of the post RFM crowd.

[scgoldengirl]

I know at the time that I pledged, there were no snap bids or QA's-at least at my college. And I believe, unless I'm crazy, that quota was determined by how many girls went through on the first day. If 270 girls signed up for rush, then quota was 30 girls for the 9 sororities.

[carnation]

That's how it was at the university where I was advising in the late seventies. What happened was that you had a bunch of dropouts throughout the week, especially when the pref invitations came because there weren't any rules about when you had to drop people you didn't want. Therefore, the big groups stayed big and the little ones folded or remained as the campus punching bags.

[honeychile]

Loved your story, scgoldengirl. Very entertaining, and with some sound advice!

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Originally Posted by limegreen

I was always under the assumption that if the PM only had one party (in the 1970's), they could only list one party. So these girls would still be available for snap bids?

On my 1970s campus the maximum number of pref parties a woman could attend was two; however, you could list up to three groups on your bid card. Without question, my bid card listed three groups. By this method smaller groups sometimes took-in women who preffed, but were not ultimately chosen for membership by, the popular groups.