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Anyone know who will be COB'ing in the Spring?? Any tips for a girl wanting to COB? Thanks!!!

Posted By: tigerluvr
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Probably most the bottom tier houses: sigma, zeta, sk, phi mu (they cob every year and you don't have to know anyone to get invited to a social)
And then a few random others that will do it "secretly" in which you will have to know girls in the house to get in.

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Sigma Kappa probably will but they didn't publicly COB last year, you had to know somebody. It'll be the same this year. Sigma will because they were under quota, not sure if you have to know somebody or not. Zeta will because they lose girls every year after recruitment and Phi Mu will but I think they'll be pickier this time because they got a very good PC in the Fall.

I heard ADPi is because they lost a lot of girls during pledgeship but my friend, who is an ADPi, was drunk when she let that slip, so it might not even be true, she might've just been drunk. Good to keep in mind though.

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Lots of awesome houses will be COBing! Adpi, APhi, DG, KD, Gphi, AXO, Phi Mu, Sigma, Sigma Kappa and Zeta and potentially others!! COBing isn't a bad thing, if a chapter looses a lot of seniors in the winter, they have spots and a quota to fill! Some houses only take 5-10 girls and are super secretive about it, but that doesn't matter. Greek love for all <3

By: anon
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The two girls down the hall from me are KD's and said they're not COB'ing. As if anyone is beating down THAT door. Just sayin'......

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ADPi isn't COBing either

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The bottom tier and also gphi and dg!!

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I don't think Adpi or A phi is doing it but the list anon had looks correct other than that!

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More houses COB than you would think! Last year the majority of houses did COB, even if they only accepted a handful of girls. It's really helpful to know girls in the houses you're interested in, but if you don't know any girls you can always email the Recruitment Chair from the houses that have publicly announced they're COBing to ask for more information. Every house does it a little differently, so I can't really give you any general information aside from the fact that there will be socials for you to meet the girls and see if it's a good fit from both sides! Good luck and have fun :)

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by: COB   

adpi aphi and gphi are NOT cobing

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Because I'm not in a house and a few friends in gphi have told me they're cobbing and I'm very interested!

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GPhi is COBing but they have a very specific type of girl in mind that they want and they aren't COBing because they have to, it's because they want more numbers.

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Kappa may be COBing. Their alums are absolutely insistent that they keep their numbers up and the $$$$ rolling in. Even though there is a stigma for top houses to COB, some do.

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Kappa doesnt ever COB. They arent allowed to and they dont need to. Hence the highest retention.

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I heard ADPi lost a few girls in pledgeship like most houses do and they want to try and replace them with some of the PNMs that didn't get bids but were still quality girls. My house is doing the same thing and we don't usually COB but a lot of the girls we liked didn't get bids and we want to try and snag them because we have room in our house total to add a few girls. I don't think COBing this is is as big a deal because only 1 in 3 PNM's got a bid and a lot of really wonderful girls slipped through the cracks. My house isn't publicly COBing but we have a list of girls we're contacting because we want them.

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im sensing a little bit of a stigma about COBing from a few of these posters. COBing is seriously not at all a bad thing. Girls just want to raise their numbers. doesnt have to mean anyone has dropped. it means a chapter simply wants more sisters. and most houses still wont just take anyone, they still want their type of girl. there are certain houses that do frown upon COBing (Kappa, Pi Phi, Chi O), but that doesnt make it a bad thing because they dont usually do it. Delta has COB'ed in recent years and they are a fantastic house with good retention. They still maintain high standards when they COB.

By: cob
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Exactly! I think the only time COBing is considered bad is when a house COB's every single semester because they can't get enough girls in their Fall PC's. Sigma, Zeta, Phi MU. Houses that are required to COB because they didn't make or maintain quota. But even in the case of Phi Mu, at least in recent years, they've stepped their COB game up and recruited very respectable girls. COBing only hurts your house when you take low quality women.

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Im proud to say that I'm an active, highly regarded member of ADPi who COB'd last year. It is NOT a bad thing. Rather, it's usually just hard. I had to network with a lot of girls in my dorm who were members of sororities who were COBing. I went out of my way to befriend these girls & they were very receptive. I would have been happy in any of their houses (DG, APhi, Zeta, SK & obviously ADPi where I eventually pledged) Just get the word out that you want to be a part of the Greek system. Also, talk to Kappas because I've heard they are also COBing but try to keep it a big secret which is silly.

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We are not. I am a Kappa. We are not allowed to COB even if we wanted to. But, seeing as we dont even have enough room for a good number of our current babies to live in house next year, it would be implausible and unfair to a COBed member for us to add more anyway. Dont start rumors please. Asking kindly. I know we wouldnt be embarrassed to COB but its annoying that you think you know so much about a house you are not involved in.

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I know more than one house who took in members through COB when the house was already full, and fair or not they took new members who did not all have a chance to live in. It doesn't have anything to do with how many new members they received and kept during recruitment. It deals a lot with what each house's nationals want and some require to fill any spots open in the chapter regardless of whether or not quota was met. It's not a bad thing so get off your high horse. A LOT of houses took in members through COB and many are houses that people didn't even know were doing COB.

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did the girl not make it clear their alumni wont let them COB? Plus they are like over quota. why would a house with the best retention and the most members every single year feel they should COB. thats just dumb. stop acting like you guys know every detail about every house. ya dont.

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If we are suddenly allowed to COB I clearly do not know about it and you're right my chapter is doing an excellent job of keeping that a secret...

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