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If you attend a full schedule of preference parties, and rank ALL chapters you attend on your final ranking list, you have maximized your options, and have a good chance at getting a bid.

Example: If you attend Sorority A, Sorority B, and Sorority C (max number) and rank them ALL on your final card, you have maximized your options. If your school is one that assures bids to girls who rank all the chapters they attend, you will most likely get a bid to one of them (though it may not be your #1).

It IS possible to attend the max number of pref parties and NOT get a bid. If you attend the max number, but don't rank all chapters you attend, that changes your chances of receiving a bid.

Example: If you attend Sorority A, Sorority B, and Sorority C for prefs, but when it's time to rank, you only put down Sorority A, that changes your chances a bit, because if you don't match with Sorority A, you have no 2nd or 3rd choice listed, and you don't get a bid at all.

So really, just getting a full schedule means nothing, it depends on whether you maximize your options and RANK the groups you attend. It also depends on whether your school's Panhellenic follows the policy of assuring bids to girls who maximize options.