GreekChat.com Forums  

Go Back   GreekChat.com Forums > Recruitment

Recruitment General discussion about recruitment.


Register Now for FREE!
Join GreekChat.com, The Fraternity & Sorority Greek Chat Network. To sign up for your FREE account INSTANTLY fill out the form below!

Username: Password: Confirm Password: E-Mail: Confirm E-Mail:
 
Image Verification
Please enter the six letters or digits that appear in the image opposite.

  I agree to forum rules 

» GC Stats
Members: 325,124
Threads: 115,503
Posts: 2,196,046
Welcome to our newest member, znathanhulzeo24
» Online Users: 1,440
2 members and 1,438 guests
Titchou
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-15-2000, 07:45 PM
sammie17 sammie17 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 47
Post What is dropping out, suicide, and quota??

Sorry I don't know these terms!!

What are the goods of doing these during rush week??

thanks a lot guys!!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 08-15-2000, 07:49 PM
sammie17 sammie17 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 47
Post

Oh, what is COB?

Thanks guys!!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 08-15-2000, 08:19 PM
Siobhan Siobhan is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Vancouver BC, Canada
Posts: 610
Send a message via ICQ to Siobhan
Smile

Sammi,

Dropping out is when you decide to drop out of Rush (for whatever reason). After pref parties you have to rank your sororities (usually you go to two). Suicide is when you decide to only write down your top choice. Quota is the number of rushees each sorority is allowed. This is usually set after 2nd or 3rd round (I can't remember). For example say there are 100 rushees after 3rd round and 5 sororities then quota would be 20 I hope this helps (if it confuses you more I'm sorry
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 08-15-2000, 09:28 PM
AXO Alum AXO Alum is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: southeast of disorder
Posts: 3,211
Post

COB - Continuous Open Bidding

Total - means the max # of ladies each sorority on campus can have

An example of the two: if total is 100 members, and XYZ sorority has 87 members, they can "continue to [offer] bids" until they get 13 more ladies to join. They are using "COB" to reach "TOTAL" - COB takes place after formal recruitment until the sorority has reached total (XYZ sorority can never have 101 members because 100 is total) - total is different at every university the same as quota will be different depending on the number of prospectives going through. Hope this helps.

------------------
"Alpha Chi Omega - If you only had 2 wishes, what would your second one be?"
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 08-15-2000, 09:56 PM
twinstars twinstars is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 379
Exclamation

dropping out=quitting rush before bid day. some girls drop out of rush because they were cut (not invited back to the next round of parties) from all the "good" houses. others drop out because all their friends were cut, and they don't want to join if their friends don't. usually rush consists of 4 rounds of parties, ocurring over 4 or more days, so someone who "dropped out" might quit after the second round of parties.

suicide=to put only one sorority (and not list a second-choice house) down on your preference card. unless this sorority wants you, you won't be able to pledge anywhere. this is a big risk to take, and it is usually not recommended by rho chis. don't suicide unless you know for sure that you would absolutely not pledge anywhere but your first choice.

quota=the number of new pledges that each sorority on campus is allowed (by the governing council) to take after rush. this is the set number of bids that the sorority can make. a sorority has had a successful rush if it meets quota, meaning it gets the maximum number of rushees allowed. usually quotas are set so that there is a place in one sorority or another for each rushee, as long as she would be willing to join any house on campus.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 08-20-2000, 07:15 PM
sammie17 sammie17 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 47
Smile

Thanx so much guys for being so helpful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Siobhan, you helped so much! And, no, you did NOT confuse me!! Thanks!!!

Thanks AXO Alum and twinstars for your kind, detailed responses!

have a great week everyone!!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off




All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:34 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.