informal rush

Are they?? I didn't see them on the list!

I'm in a house that COBs and we can only take a small number when we do. So we generally do just take friends because it's a lot of time and money on throwing events when 95% of the girls wanting to attend, won't get a bid.
So while I agree it's not the best process, it is unfortunately the most efficient way. If you find a better way to recruitment 1-5 spots when you have 200-300 emails asking for an invite to a cob event, we are all ears!

And also, to the OP, your chances of getting a bid are much higher during formal. You have about a 1 in 20 chance of joining a house. You also has 15 options instead of just a few.

Houses that do informal have two choices. They can take friends of friends and continue to be content with mediocrity, or you can do the right thing: answer the emails, find out more about everyone who is interested in your house, do some pre-selecting according to whether they meet your qualifications and then invite them to your house so you can meet them. When houses that COB say they only want to fill their spots efficiently, it becomes glaringly apparent exactly why they have to COB: they don't have what it takes to improve.

Omg, stop. The girl who commented first is totally right. When you have 1-5 spots and a million people asking to go through, you want to take the people you know the most about and know for for a fact will fit in. . As someone stated on one of these threads before, as unfair as it seems, the best way to get into a house during informal Rush is by befriending the girls in the house before they cob. If there's only 5 spots, they're not gonna be going to strangers who just shot the recruitment chair an email and hoped for the best. If a girl really wants to join my house, she will be ambitious enough to link herself to us before she even gets in. That's the type of girl we look for anyway, the ones with that kind of ambition. So ya, we take our friends, and we don't feel bad about it. Nobody cares if that hurts your feelings or it's not fair to you. Life's not fair. It's like a job interview in the real world. The job will almost always go to the person with the best, most personal recommendation, aka, the person who knows someone. Welcome to life.

When a house is content with mediocrity, that's all they will ever be. COBing is the perfect opportunity to raise the stakes and find women who are far above average. When a house opts not to the that, all they get is women who are just like them. What do you not understand about the level of expectation in a bottom-tier house?

Lol "sorry Stacy, I know we're good friends, but we have to let a bunch of girls in who we don't know or else we're mediocre apparently. Even though you have an outstanding gpa, are beautiful and friendly, and just a joy to be around, we can't let you in because since you're not a stranger, that would be the mediocre thing to do."

Honey, there's a reason you're in a lower tier house. There is a reason you have to COB. You can either do something about it or not. It's up to you. But I assure you that top tier houses look for more than just whether someone is BFFs with a PNM.

Yea. COBing is great, unless:
--You're black
--You're from out of state
--You're from in state but went to a tiny high school and don't know anyone in the house
--You were home schooled and don't know anyone
But just keep thinking you're getting the best girls that way.

This post gives me so much hope. I'm from out of state and don't have many connections in houses. I went through formal recruitment, but was unfortunately released on bid day. I want to be a part of a house more than anything, but I worry I will not have that chance since I only know one girl in a house (my roommate) who is a Delta Gamma. I know which houses I am extremely interested in if they do informal, but I worry that since I don't know many people in houses, I will not be given a chance. Thoughts?