Rush is when fraternities recruit new members.
If a student shows interest in a particular fraternity, the brothers may extend a bid to the student. A bid is a fraternity s way of inviting a student to become a member. Students can receive bids from more than one house, but are not under any obligation to accept any of them. As a new college student, you are probably apprehensive about many things. You may have a general idea of what fraternities are all about, or you may have absolutely no clue.