snap bidding and cob
by: ???Why would a house drop a PNM the day before before pref night knowing they would probably not meet quota on bid day and have to go through spring rush?
Commentby: .Aug 15, 2018 10:09:38 PM
#2 by: Disappointed Again
Georgia Southern is the only school around that has a 60% rate of matching PNMs to a sorority. I haven’t seen the numbers for this year yet, but last year 600 signed up and only 400 ended up with a bid. Most schools have a rate of over 90% of the girls who start rush end up with a bid.
Something needs to change with this process at GSU. Very disappointing for both sides.
by: my 2 centsAug 11, 2018 8:42:04 AM
Well, how many PMNs drop because They would only consider house ABC, or wouldn't ever join house XYZ? Stop with the Tiers already, a PMN can find a home in ANY house if they keep an open mind and are willing to give each house a chance.
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#3 by: Sooooo...
.... if this hypothetical PNM had two invites all week two what is considered not top tier sororitys... starting on Wednesday with invites wouldn’t she get attached to one over the other? She would drop if her fav dropped her at the last minute i would think... unless there was a snap bid in the mix.
#5 by: ???
I’m just wondering why a sorority would drop girls that obviously want them, when the sorority has had to go through spring rush historically because they are considered bottom tier. I would think the sorority would want to keep what was obviously a “sure thing”. So that’s what I’m asking.. do GSU sororities depend on snap bids to get their “sure thing” PNMs and use the formal bid to get the questioning PNM?
I’m not here to start drama, just here to understand the process.
by: GsuAug 11, 2018 9:57:47 AM
Just because a girl wants the sorority doesn’t mean the sorority wants her. Maybe it wasn’t a good fit and the sorority values quality over quantity and will go through spring recruitment or hand out snap bids in order to get that quality.
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by: UmAug 12, 2018 9:22:55 AM
I was offered a snap bid and did not take it at one point in my college career. I have friends who accepted snap bids and still dropped. A snap bid is not a for sure thing. If a sorority wanted the pnm and new the pnm wanted her they wouldn’t drop her. There is also no for sure thing with formal bidding. Girls do not have to accept them so it’s not like a way of tricking girls into joining. It’s just an invitation to join either way. There is no harm in either form of bid.
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by: Was GreekAug 11, 2018 11:30:44 PM
One thing I learned when I was in a sorority was that with a snap bid, When they “Give” girls snap bids, they call her and ask her if she wants to accept the bid. Therefore, Snap Bids are pretty much “For Sure” bids. Because any girl with a snap bid, has to agree to accept. Now they could still drop before initiation, but they are for sure New Members and will most likely stay longer than Formal Bid girls who don’t really feel at home.
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#7 by: newsflash
Georgia Southern has a way better matching rate than 60%. Last year, 600 girls registered for recruitment. By the end, only around 450 participated in bid matching. And out of that 150 that were no longer in the process, approximately 140 of THEM DROPPED OUT of recruitment. THEY LEFT THE PROCESS, not they were dropped. The system isn't broken, and if women won't give everyone a fair shake, then it'll keep happening. If women don't want to go where they get invited, they drop. It happens EVERYWHERE.
by: LkAug 16, 2018 2:50:13 PM
At other schools, if they have one sorority that continually does not fare well in formal rush, they have that sorority drop out of formal rush and do their own rush afterwards. That way they can capture girls who choose not to participate in formal rush but still want to be in a sorority, without throwing off the numbers in formal rush. Yes, girls dropped, but only because the option left was a sorority that historically never has even close to a full pledge class, and is not going to provide a comparable experience.,
Most schools have a rate of over 90% of the girls who initially sign up for rush ending up with a bid. Even if you go with the 450 number, that is a poor rate of 75%.
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#8 by: to LK
No school forces a sorority to not participate in formal recruitment, no matter what the size is. That is a sorority's decision. With your reasoning, that sorority will lose the opportunity to take any women from the pool of women going through recruitment. That seems like a pretty dumb idea if you're trying to grow a chapter. And what is a comparable experience? We're all in sororities! We all have socials, sisterhood, philanthropy, leadership opportunities, etc. You get out of your experience what you put into it, end of story.
by: ?Aug 19, 2018 8:36:27 AM
It’s usually a mutual decision between the school and the sorority. Primary recruitment is a huge undertaking, both from a financial perspective and from the sheer amount of manpower needed. All that effort only results in only 15 new members.
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by: .Aug 12, 2018 12:22:20 AM
it's all based on budgeting too and how many spots they have open. I have a friend in KKG and she explained that kappa only took 5 girls in the spring because 5 seniors graduated in December. Some sororities also take a certain amount because that's how much the chapter is able to spend on new members if that makes sense.
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