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COB truth instead of lies

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Because some bitter girl is commenting with a bunch of lies saying "word is" and "never told their own members" and "sketchy", here is the truth about how COB works for EVERY sorority: - Continuous Open Bidding can happen at any time after Bid Day for any eligible chapter. An eligible chapter is one with membership below whatever panhellenic has set Chapter Total at, meaning the maximum number of members allowed for any chapter. A chapter under Total can offer bids and take new members up to whatever Total is. December graduations are a big reason that spots open up within a chapter. - Eligible chapters don't have to make a public announcement that they are offering bids or have to tell panhellenic ahead of time, they just offer them and then register their new members. No one would know that chapters have offered a few COB's unless they were actually in the chapter or in panhellenic, but if a sorority wants to welcome their new members publicly that's up to them and a nice thing to do. It is entirely up to the chapter as to when and how and to whom they COB. - Established chapters always have a list of girls they are interested in offering COB to. These are girls they liked during recruitment who didn't sign a card, or girls they have met around campus they have gotten to know. There are usually more girls on their list than they have openings for. These chapters are not actively recruiting to meet new girls because they already have a waitlist, therefore they don't publicly announce COB, it would be misleading. - A chapter that has a lot of openings will sometimes make an announcement and/or hold some events, but not always. A chapter being newly established might do this but will also be very picky and choose quality over quantity, a good strategy for the long game. - Every chapter has to vote on COB's and there must be a quorum as per their chapter by-laws to offer any bid. There are no surprises in the chapter about who is being offered a bid, only about whether they accept or decline. - And finally, no sorority member has to explain to any outsider about how or why they vote or rank in this process, and when asked they will tell you they don't know because it's easier for them to say that to shut you up. Sorry you are so bitter about not being included in anyone's COB but your comments on here show everyone exactly why. Every chapter obviously dodged a bullet.