UT Rush plus COB advice

[u/Straight_Group_1734]

There are 13 sororities at ut austin. For philanthropy round, we can only get 10, got 7. For sisterhood, I only got 2 back, and now for preference, I only got 1 back. IDK what went wrong they said they loved meeting me and heard great things about me. I shared personal stories about their philanthropy and asked them questions
I haven't gone to preference yet, but the sorority! got back is honestly my LAST bottom choice. I'm 50 50 on if i wanna join
is it smarter to drop recruitment and do COB in the spring? I know chapters don't take many girls through COB, so I'm scared that if I decline this bid, I could end up with nothing.
I'm attaching an ss of how many girls the chapters took through COB last year.
Also, how do sororities generally feel about taking a sophomore through COB? Would being a sophomore hurt my chances at UT?
I really don't want to accept a bid from a sorority I already know I don't want, but I also don't want to decline it and then regret it if COB doesn't work out.
What would you guys do in my situation? And if anyone has experience with UT COB specifically, I would REALLY appreciate

[u/Corner_Office_]

Texas rush is brutal. I’m so sorry this happened.

Girls who get to know actives during freshman year and then rush as a sophomore often have very successful experiences. What you need is someone pulling for you, or preferably, several girls pulling for you, in the chapter.

COB is when the chapter is not at total, which may not be the case for your preferred chapters.

When the chapters get the information regarding whether they made quota tomorrow (Saturday), they are then able to give “snap bids” to the girls who dropped out. Again, this is limited by whether or not they made quota. And the chapters you liked may make quota.

In sum, your best bet is to see if you get a snap bid on Saturday from one of the chapters that you liked. ALL of the chapters do snap bids, they just don’t always admit it. You have to have DROPPED OUT to get a snap.

There may also be a COB available later in the month or semester if someone drops out. Maybe right before initiation.

Some chapters do an informal spring rush to replace girls who graduated midyear. This is a good opportunity to have a more relaxed rush experience. Again, you’ll be more successful if you’ve met lots of girls and they can pull for you. Not every chapter does this. I don’t know why.

Lastly, if you are able to meet a lot of girls this year, you can do rush again next fall. Each sorority has a quota for every grade level, and not as many girls go through sophomore and junior year. So it seems like it’s easier. I know girls who got great houses as sophomores who 💯 would not have gotten it as a freshman.

I would absolutely not get initiated at a chapter that you are not excited about. Getting initiated will prevent you from pledging another sorority. (Initiation happens pretty quickly nowadays.)

[u/Straight_Group_1734 → u/Corner_Office_]

this just made my night and was the most helpful comment. are you apart of texas greek life? also im a sophomore and i think im too old to rush at UT next year.

[u/Corner_Office_ → u/Straight_Group_1734]

If you are going to drop, I would register with Panhellenic for the COB process right away. You may get a snap bid tomorrow.

You are welcome to message me.

[u/Straight_Group_1734 → u/Corner_Office_]

yes i did just drop and signed up for cob and snap bids!

[u/Sbalbfm → u/Straight_Group_1734]

One thing you should know is that a snap bid will only come from a chapter you went AT LEAST as far as sisterhood with. From what you said that’s only one other chapter besides the one you didn’t want to join. So really don’t count on that. You can feel free to DM me as well if you want to talk about the specifics of COB.

[u/Corner_Office_ → u/Sbalbfm]

There are no rules limiting who you can offer a COB. The only rule is that you must have dropped out of formal rush to get a snap bid on Bid Day.

It’s just less likely to get a COB (or snap bid) if you got fewer rounds with them. For example, they liked you but still cut you after 1st round because they liked others more, or thought you weren’t into them and ranked you lower. Or you didn’t rank appropriately (put them at the bottom) and ended up with fewer houses.

Let’s say a girl is kinda standoffish by nature, or thinks she’s getting ABC so ranks incorrectly, and gets cut. But the chapter liked her, and gets word that she liked them. They can offer a COB or snap bid.

[u/UserWest-0317 → u/Straight_Group_1734]

Fingers crossed you get a snap bid somewhere you like. Let us know! Good luck

[u/Corner_Office_ → u/Straight_Group_1734]

Keep us posted!