bid question?

You need to find an alumni to write one. Some sororities let actives write them. Ask your friends if their moms or sisters were in a sorority. Ask your teachers from high school, your church and anyone you know. The rec does not need to be from an alum of Ohio State. It is work that you need to do. We can't tell you who to ask.

Keep in mind, if they don't know you, there might be a box that they check acknowledging they don't know you. This rec won't carry as much weight as someone who has known you for your whole life. And whatever you do, make sure the person writing your rec likes you, because they can "not recommend" you, which basically will hurt you.

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My chapter does use them. It helps us match the PNM from Alaska with the active from Alaska so we can get to know them better. It also helps us set our sights on particular girls to fill an opening. Example, our best piano player is a senior and we need another concert pianist. Ok, these are odd examples but you get the idea.

80-100 per pledge class is an understatement. One SEC school had a quota of 117 this year and allowed new chapters to take quota additions to 160.

Girls that rush at SEC, Southwest Conference, USC, and UCLA need recs (and sometimes up to 3 per house) because every house has more legacies going through rush than they have openings, and every girl is a star. It's not unusual from Chapter ABC to have over 100 legacies going through. Girls have been prepping for rush since they came out of the womb. If they get in the "wrong" sorority, they think their life is over, and so do their mothers.

When you have 1800 going through and RFM allows you only to invite back 500 after their first round ("Ice Water Teas"), you need to have them in order. While it is not true that certain houses have their pledge class picked out, they do know who they want to invite back before recruitment starts and have you ranked before you arrive on campus.

Some schools have two quotas: a Freshman quota and an optional upperclassman quota. UC quota could be transfers or anyone other than Freshman.

Quota at Bama this year was around 95 for Freshman and 10 for UC with 2050 PNMs. Texas was 54 and 16 with 1200 PNMs. Neither campus holds informal because they don't have to.

I wrote two recs for freshman at Bama and both got bids. They were both from Ohio, so were at an immediate disadvantage. One got a bid from a chapter where she was a legacy (my sorority), which is an Old Row house. Hard to explain Old Row but it's a big deal down there. I was one of her three recs. The other had no Greek relatives and got a bid from a newer chapter, which is not as difficult to get into as Old Row. However, a bid from any chapter there is tough.

My cousin is an active at UT in one of the "Big 6" chapters. Again, a big deal on that campus. She was not a legacy to any chapter but had 3 recs per chapter. From what she told me, she didn't get cut from any chapter her entire recruitment, which is nearly impossible. Knowing what chapter she preffed and pledged, I have no reason to doubt her.

Bama holds a preview weekend in the spring. I don't think you could get a bid if you didn't attend. It's crazy from the outside looking in, but a way of life in the south.

You can only write a rec for your chapter. In other words, you would need to get 15 people to write you recs if you count Gamma Phi Beta.

For those transfer students that have been posting over and over, consider Gamma Phi because when a chapter (re)colonizes, they want members from all classes including seniors.

you are being awfully picky for someone who is clueless. Someof us want to hear abt how other schools operate. Chill out and stop being a b1otch.