[ForeverRoses]

I don't think garanteed placement means wherever a PNM wants to go, however I also remember during rush, it was drilled into our heads that anyone we invited to pref had better be someone we wanted on our lawn on bid day. The way my school worked, after pref all the houses ranked the girls on a first, second and third bid list- no one was really "cut" after pref. So theoretically, even someone on our third bidlist could end up getting a bid from us. So I don't see it as too much of a stretch for garanteed placement if you maximize your options all through rush (I don't agree with someone only going to one pref even if they were invited to 3 just so that they would get a garanteed bid from that one house).