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Not to scare you but girls like you who don't make it their life's work to understand the process can actually hurt the futures for a lot of girls. Misinformation abounds. Here are some well-intentioned myths that rush counselors share:
You have to fill in every blank on your MRABA or you will get cut
Your chances of getting a bid into your first choice are greater if you fill in all of your choices
A chapter who wants you more could get you even if you ranked them lower, even if your first choice also had you as their first choice
There is any realistic scenario where you "fell through the cracks" or "there was a computer SNAFU."
A girl in a chapter who promises a bid has any actual authority to do so or knows with certainty what the final bid list will look like
After pledging that any member who tells you where you landed on their bid list isn't lying. Trust me, she doesn't know. She might THINK she knows, but the 2 or 3 people max who actually know aren't telling.
Also, know in advance the likelihood that informal rush or COB (same thing) will or will not happen on your campus. If there is a chapter or two that are significantly below total, they certainly will be continuing to rush, even if they have a stellar outcome. The top chapters, even if they would happen to miss quota by a couple (which can happen with RFM being what it is) will NOT be doing an informal rush. They will find girls, seek them out and handle the bidding quietly, and probably before the other pledges even know quota was missed. It's called snap bidding, and you really need to know the difference between that and COB as well.
Here are some terms to learn and understand the differences
RFM
Quota
Total
snap bids
COB
Informal Rush
SIP (it is considered impolite to use the word suicide)
bid matching
BEST chapter
WORST chapter
extension
colony
bid list
cut
preference
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