When will an email for COB go out?
by: :(Hi y’all, I’m a PNM who got cut by every house during recruitment. I was just wondering if anyone knows when an email for COB will go out. My gamma chi says it starts Monday but I haven’t gotten an email yet.
Commentby: seriouslyAug 23, 2020 12:10:17 PM
You should be banned from this board. This response is classless and unwarranted. I hope you’re not a member of my house.
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by: :( Aug 23, 2020 12:14:00 PM
by: BroAug 23, 2020 12:14:49 PM
If you were familiar with how recruitment actually works, you’d know this is not true. You could want a girl so badly, but at the end of the day it’s just a numbers game. Grow up & stop being so evil <3
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by: :/Aug 23, 2020 12:33:48 PM
by: NumbersAug 23, 2020 12:46:25 PM
If Greek life tells a house to cut 100- then, depending where the house’s selection process is- just may cut #101-201. You could have hit it off w a member and that member doesn’t know where the pnm fell on the list.
There are actives wondering where the cut pnms went. Not everyone knows who was cut.
So a pnm may have really hit it off w a member but unfortunately fell within that number range. That is why most cuts are not personal.
To the girls wanting to cob: so excited for you! Having an open heart after recruitment says so much about your character— wishing you all the best.
If I said something incorrect- please correct me. ❤️
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by: eyerollAug 23, 2020 12:52:28 PM
Says someone who doesn’t understand the system.
And are you trolling young girls?
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by: :-) Aug 25, 2020 8:31:30 PM
YES COB IS A THING THIS YEAR!!! You may consider getting in contact by email or even dming on Instagram with the current vp of recruitment or president this way they can make sure your contact info is there for when the emails go out
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by: nonactive Aug 24, 2020 6:44:36 PM
by: an active (again)Aug 24, 2020 6:45:53 PM
I think that would be fine! Just make sure ro be professional in your email
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#5 by: Happened to me
I got a COB bid a few years back so it’s possible. I emailed the sororities I was interested in and surprisingly out of the 5 emails I sent, I got 3 back and accepted invites to meet some girls. Got two offers, accepted one. No regrets and I felt like I was in control though this is NOT TYPICAL. Didn’t go through normal rush due to a summer internship for incoming freshman. Also, for all you “ladies” who are being rude and hateful, you could just be quiet.
#6 by: :)
COB is definitely happening this year! Try emailing the recruitment chair of the chapter’s your interested in. I would try DG, AOII, ADPi, AXO, Phi Mu, and Zeta has occasionally given COB offers in the past but not often. And to be clear I’m not saying for sure if any of these chapters are doing it, these are just who have done it in the past!
by: More than thatAug 25, 2020 12:16:08 AM
My roommate who was dropped by all 11 before Pref was given a snap bid from Tri Delta and she accepted. Another girl on our floor got a bid today from Kappa. I know this isn't usual, so not idea what is going on. Maybe the zoom stuff didn't go so well? anyway, don't give up hope PNM's! There are really good houses offering snap bids!
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by: HmmAug 25, 2020 8:49:43 AM
My friend and I just saw this are quite surprised kappa would do that. Pi phi would take under quota before offering a snap bid and nationals will just cover the cost. My friend is a zeta and they would offer a snap bids if they could had room for more girls ( they try and keep their dues low by having more girls, while nationals at pi phi wouldn’t allow snaps here at uark) but Zeta is full taking a large pledge class at 126 she said. If you invite back 200 girls to pref ( most top houses don’t invite back quite that many) and after everyone is ranked and placed you still
had room than a snap bid could be offered. So in order for kappa to hand out a snap bid they would have had to lose quite a few girls during pref round. I know the tops all lost some to each other but I can’t see Kappa losing enough to give out a snap bid. I would be able to see chi o possibly having to give out snaps this year but I am pretty sure they still got the girls they wanted. So you may want to double check that about kappa. If she did get a snap bid than she probably just barely didn’t make the cut to get invited back to pref.
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by: HahahaAug 25, 2020 12:50:19 PM
by: :-) Aug 25, 2020 8:34:17 PM
#8 by: Cob/snap
my aunt is a chapter advisor on in one of the "middle tier" houses. She said greek life raised the chapter totals near the end of the week from like 400 to 425. So each house has to take some snap bids to get to close to chapter total or face a fine or something like that. That is why Kappa, Tri
Delt, pi Phi and Chi O (yes, even chi O had to do it!) are offering snap bids this year along with the rest that usually do it. Definitely not your typical year for sure.
by: The right lingo Aug 26, 2020 1:06:36 PM
Please use the correct words:
1. Snap bids = when a chapter does not match to quota and they “snap” up PNM’s (or girls who didn’t even rush) and offer them bids to get up to quota. Snap bids can ONLY happen during the hours between bid matching and bid day starting.
2. COB = Continuous Open Bidding. Any chapter below chapter total may continue to extend bids throughout the semester. Total is reset each semester as membership counts change due to transfers, early grads, study abroad, and new member classes. Some chapters host COB events (invitation-only events both informal/casual and a Pref-type ceremony). Others will just extend a bid directly to a girl who is friends with tons of actives.
If you are talking about chapters offering a special bid to women at any time other than the hours between bid match & bid day, you are talking about COB. Not snaps.
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by: YesAug 23, 2020 10:35:26 AM
Usually spring and not sure of this fall.
Actives graduate in December or leave the school for whatever reason- cob is a thing.
It is not a big deal and it’s good to grow the Greek system.
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