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At a campus like Alabama where every house makes quota plus, participating in COB has nothing to do with how a house did in recruitment. Eligibility is based on being below total. Last spring every house other than Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Phi Mu were below total and eligible to COB. Yet only Pi Phi, Theta, DG, DZ, Zeta and A Phi participated in COB. Of the houses that could have participated in COB, but who chose not to, Chi O, ADPi, DDD, KD, KKG, and Gamma Phi all had lower membership numbers than Pi Phi and DG. (AOPi could have participated, but was the only house with higher membership numbers than Pi Phi and DG). So a house isn't necessarily going to COB if they are below total and failing to participate in COB does not mean a house is at total. Additionally, participating in COB doesn't say anything about either strength of recruitment -- since everyone makes quota plus -- or relative member retention -- since some houses COB even when their neighbors who have fewer members choose not to COB.