A Nerd School Recruitment Story - UC Berkeley - GO BEARS - Page 5

thetygerlily · #1 09-04-2010, 10:15 PM

I love the level of detail you shared for Pref. It is hands down my favorite night, but we usually get less detail to keep the code. I think you handled it beautifully!

And even better, it sounds like you have two fantastic options for bid day! Sometimes it's hard to figure out which voice is your head, which is your heart, and which is a third party. Again, executed beautifully. Can't wait to see where you wind up!

Side note- the maximum number of bids you can get from formal recruitment is one. Only in COB is it possible to get more than one. Just how formal works

there may be exceptions of course, but...

Sunshine91 · #2 09-04-2010, 10:29 PM

Oooh I want to know more! I rushed at Berkeley this fall as a Junior exchange student and I have an inkling who French is (sounds like my pref night) but I'm not totally sure!

Don't worry about the cut thing - I had that too and I was never sure whether it was just because I'd only be there for a year/or they just didn't like me. I had 6/9 in the 2nd day, 4/6 on philanthropy night and and 1/3 on preference. Most of the girls in my group (juniors) had 8 or all 9 on the first day, so I did feel a bit self-conscious that day. And pref was touching but a little weird as I knew I was already guaranteed a bid from them but they didn't know! But in the end having fewer made it easier to choose! But I ended up with one of my two favourites, so I am happy! But I think it's true the houses you tend to click with best are the ones that invite you back!

Blue Skies · #3 09-04-2010, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine91

Oooh I want to know more! I rushed at Berkeley this fall as a Junior exchange student and I have an inkling who French is (sounds like my pref night) but I'm not totally sure!

Don't worry about the cut thing - I had that too and I was never sure whether it was just because I'd only be there for a year/or they just didn't like me. I had 6/9 in the 2nd day, 4/6 on philanthropy night and and 1/3 on preference. Most of the girls in my group (juniors) had 8 or all 9 on the first day, so I did feel a bit self-conscious that day. And pref was touching but a little weird as I knew I was already guaranteed a bid from them but they didn't know! But in the end having fewer made it easier to choose! But I ended up with one of my two favourites, so I am happy! But I think it's true the houses you tend to click with best are the ones that invite you back!

Hello, Sunshine -- I remember you!

Did you get a bid? Where did you land up?

violetpretty · #4 09-05-2010, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GoogleDotCom

...or they committed suicide on Pref Cards by ranking ONLY one house, even if they went to 2 or 3, because they only wanted that one house.

The colloquial term is "suicide" as a verb. Jane suicided. Not Jane committed suicide.

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Originally Posted by GoogleDotCom

(By the way I think at my school even if more than one house gives you a bid, you will only get one on Bid Day, going from YOUR ranking on your Pref Card, and you won’t see or know which other houses give you a bid as well. For example if #1, #2, #3 all give you a bid, you will only receive the bid from #1, and you won’t know if #2 or #3 has given you a bid or not even if they do.)

In formal recruitment, PNMs are only matched to one chapter. It is possible to match to a different chapter depending on how you rank them, if you are high on all 3 lists. It is also possible to match with your first choice and be lower on their list than you are on your 2nd or 3rd choice. However, if a chapter invites you to pref, they are willing to give you a bid. You are on their bid list, somewhere.

I really enjoyed your decriptions of pref. I think you ranked them correctly, based on your accounts. It's also good that you'd be happy in either. Also, I'd just like to point out that it's pretty rare (or at least we don't have many PNMs say this on GC) for a PNM to not have a full schedule but to have been asked back to chapters she wanted most. Kudos to you for your self-awareness.

33girl · #5 09-05-2010, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by violetpretty

The colloquial term is "suicide" as a verb. Jane suicided. Not Jane committed suicide.

I laughed really hard at this and shouldn't have.

LoggerTheta · #6 09-09-2010, 08:45 PM

CONGRATULATIONS to both GoogleDotCom and Sunshine91!!! It is my sincere wish that our sisterhood comes to mean as much to you in the coming years as it means to me. Enjoy your new member period!!!