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Originally Posted by BadCat25
mtm
It sounds like your daughter was crosscut. This happens when the chapter your daughter ranks No 1 has her down their bid list and fills up to quota before her name comes up. The chapter your daughter ranks No 2 fills up to quota with PNMs who rank them No 1 before your daughters name comes up. It doesn't mean that either chapter didn't like her. It doesn't happen very often and many schools have bid rules to prevent this from happening.
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Originally Posted by violetpretty
When people say "cross cut" they may mean different things. It is a myth that the order a PNM ranks her chapters determines whether she gets a bid or not. It depends where a PNM is on the chapters' bid lists. For example, suppose a PNM ranks Alpha first and Beta second, but she is on the second bid list of Alpha and the first bid list of Beta. Some people believe that a PNM would be "cross cut" unless the PNM ranks Beta first because Beta will fill their pledge class with PNMs who ranked them first. Not true. The PNM's "place" is held in Beta until she matches elsewhere. If Alpha fills their pledge class before they get to this PNM's name, she will match with Beta if she is high enough there. PNM's get "cross cut" if they are not high enough on EITHER chapters' bid lists. However, many schools will make every attempt to match a PNM who maximizes her options via quota additions if she does not match with the initial bid matching.
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Thank you! I don't know why I have this irrational hatred of the term "cross cut." It's just one of those recruitment "myths" that won't die.