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these terms can be very confusing to pnms so let's make sure we're being super specific when describing this process. When PNMs maximize their options, they are eligible for quota additions (or QAs), meaning if they don't match with either of their choices, the system rewards them for maximizing by placing them on their first choice's bid list. This is usually all fine at most schools, but IU is different since Panhel doesn't force chapters to take QAs, so there's a chance that a PNM may be completely dropped if neither of the chapters she ranks takes QAs and she's not high enough on the bid list for either chapter. At that point, she'd be eligible for either a snap bid or a COB. Panhel sets a quota based off of how many PNMs attend pref, divided by the number of sororities. So if 100 pnms attend pref and there are 10 chapters, each chapter gets a quota of 10 pnms. Of course, this assumes everyone who attends pref signs an MRABA, and knowing PNMs, some won't, so some chapters don't make quota. Those chapters have the option to snap bid a PNM who was released from recruitment or dropped voluntarily before the bids are given out/accepted. Once they are given out and accepted, there are no more snap bids. If bid day festivities have started, there are no more snap bids. Anything after this process is COB, which can go to any girl, regardless of whether or not she's rushed before (at most schools Panhel recalculates total after bid day to determine who needs to COB, but IU doesn't do that because no total). So snap bids = before bid day but after pref, must have participated in recruitment to some degree, and COB = any time after recruitment, any girl who meets recruitment criteria (so no first semester freshman). In an ideal world, IU would set a total for sororities based on the average membership of each house, and make each chapter take QAs thereby guaranteeing a bid to any PNM that maximizes her options. Unfortunately, the school hasn't gotten to that point yet, which is what makes IU recruitment so "exclusive".