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Originally Posted by Aphigal
Still 3rd party pref. bleech.
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To each her own.
I somewhat see your point for a campus with only a handful of chapters, as the majority of the PNMs will be attending the exact same parties. However, when there are 10 chapters, such as at USC, there are very few people who are going to the same three parties.
You mention that no one goes to their third bid list. However, per reports (I haven't seen this confirmed) multiple chapters at USC did not even make quota, so they made it to the bottom of the second list without filling quota. If they had had another 40-60 names down that list, from a third party, perhaps they could have.
It's fine to just have 2 pref parties if that system works at your university. However, I have not heard of narrowing from 5 to 2 from third round to pref.
Should all of those PNMs who dropped have hung around a bit longer? Probably. But the current set up just lends itself to very drastic cuts after 3rd round.