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by: curiousSuppose someone participates in formal sorority recruitment and is not satisfied with their bid on bid day. What do they do if they choose not to be in the sorority they got a bid from? Do they still go to the brunch and awkwardly sit there with a pledge class they don't want to be a part of? Do they inform the sorority that they do not want to be initiated? Like, what do you do?
#1 by: Well
You usually just don't accept the bid. They aren't going to make you sit at the table during brunch and provide you and your family food if you don't want to be a part of their group. When you find out who you get a bid from, you just decline the invitation to join the sorority. No awkwardness or waiting involved
Commentby: WellAug 4, 2013 11:40:26 PM
It's not that formal. I've never declined a bid, but I think the most you have to do is tell your Rho Chi and she handles it for you.
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by: WellAug 4, 2013 11:43:40 PM
No problem. Hopefully not! But if you did, just a reminder, you can re-rush the next year, too
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#3 by: surprised
I'm surprised that this topic keeps coming up and not one thinks to tell the PNMs that if they decline a bid, they are most likely declining to ever be greek. Your best chance is as a freshman. If you're not successful as a freshman, when you go through as a sophomore you are much LESS likely to get any bid, much less a bid from a house that you think deserves you. It does happen occasionally, but mostly the soph spaces are taken by girls who have best friends in the house or are legacies transferring, etc. Your best bet is to realize that the house you got a bid from is THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTED YOU. You should be happy you got a bid, go to the brunch and act happy until you are happy. Otherwise you'll end up bitter and independent.
by: uhAug 5, 2013 6:52:14 PM
Not true. 3/4 of juniors got a bid last year. JUNIORS. Idk the sophomore numbers, but there were only two houses that didn't take upperclassmen. All of new row completely filled their UC quota. Chances as an UC aren't as bad as some people make them out to be
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by: um..Aug 5, 2013 7:16:43 PM
PNMs, this is a girl from a top house who wants you to drop out of rush instead of staying in and making the competition stronger for her house. Don't believe her. Of the juniors I know, only one received a bid and it was to a house that's always ranked lower tier - one she would have considered way too low when she was a freshman. But now she's completely happy for the experience.
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by: uhAug 5, 2013 7:41:22 PM
What? I'm not in old row! And I rushed as an UC, so I know what I'm talking about. All of the numbers are on the website. Look it up and try to tell me I'm lying. I don't care if the girls take any bid or ISP or whatever. I was correcting someone who was WRONG. The numbers speak for themselves. 3/4 of juniors received a bid. Period. And who cares if your junior friend got a bid to a house she didn't want. She probably wasn't that great anyway. I think giving the girls false information and telling them rushing as an UC is basically impossible is irresponsible on your part. I have a friend (who is actually real and not "happy for the experience") who rushed as a junior transfer, 2.9 gpa, and no recs last year. She got a decent house with that. If you don't have to have the top house, rushing at UA is realistically a cake walk and I think some people are taking it too seriously.
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#4 by: To the OP
I want you to understand, if you receive a bid, you will be required to wait a year before you can rush again (from formal recruitment 2013 to formal recruitment 2014 (doesn't have to be the exact day that you declined the bid, but would be from the current formal recruitment to next years), should you decide to decline your bid. It is a national panhellenic rule.
by: ^Aug 5, 2013 9:02:17 PM
Important to note. Especially if you think you might be in the situation where you don't want to accept a bid from a certain house
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#6 by: Yoyo
Listen, you can't rush again for a YEAR. So why not stay in and give yourself and your house a chance?
If you truly hate one or all of your pref night groups, tell your Rho Chi that you want to withdraw. Don't take a spot that another girl might want.
No, you cannot wait to see which group you get a bid from. It doesn't work like that. Decide and tell your Rho Chi immediately after the parties.
True, 3/4 of the juniors got a bid...9 out of 12. That's TWELVE out of 1900+ women. 2 to Phi Mu, 2 Alpha Phi, 2 Alpha Omicron Pi, 1 Gamma Phi Beta, 1 ADPi, 1 Theta. Not a bad assortment at all.
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by: curiousAug 4, 2013 11:33:59 PM
Is there some formality to declining the bid? Whether it be a letter to UA Panhellenic or to the sorority. Or do you just not show up for things? That seems sort of rude, I feel like.
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