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My chapter assigns (per the first request of actives) new members a temporary big on bid day (a heart sister) and this semester, the VPNME assigned/matched new members with a second temporary big (dove sister) halfway into the new member period.

My chapter does a ranking and matching of bigs and littles. Everyone who wants to be a big participates in "speed dating" with the new members (obviously new members have plenty of interaction before, but just in case a new member is unsure of who she wants, or doesn't know everyone who wants a little, etc, plus it's a fun activity). The new members and actives who want to be bigs rank their top five and the VPNME and one member from exec (someone who is not taking a little) match them up the best they can.

I'd say at least 95% of the time, bigs and littles were thrilled to be matched. One time we had an active who wanted to be a big but her GPA was below what our National says is required to be a big, so of course, she did not become a big that semester. There was some drama, but it's not like there was any favoritism going on because it was a National policy (and if there were favoritism, it'd be going the other way, because the active in question was the little of the VPNME at the time).