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COB truth

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When chapters only have a few spots, they already pretty much know who they want to offer COB to, and so it doesn't make sense to announce that they are actively looking for new members. When insecure members of other sororities hear that another sorority is offering COB, they like to twist it into something shameful because they are that petty. But their own sorority does COB too! Continuous Open Bidding can happen at any time after formal recruitment if a house is under Chapter Total, or if they did not take Quota during formal recruitment. Usually it's because of Chapter Total. Every house dips below Chapter Total from time to time because, as someone else states, members graduate in December, go on study abroad or take internships, they transfer to another school, or they decide that sorority life is not for them any longer and drop out or take alumna status. Every chapter can offer COB, and when a chapter says it's against their bylaws, what they are really saying is that they don't want to publicize that they are below Chapter Total or to hold recruitment events to fill spots because they think it will make them look less than desirable. But the truth is that these chapters absolutely do offer COB! Every chapter is guaranteed the right to offer COB without announcement or wait for other chapters to do it. It is up to each individual chapter and it is not really anything to do with an organized panhellenic COB week.