[FleurGirl]

I think part of it stems from the pressure to always "maximize your options". While I of course think that girls should be made to maximize their options and rank all chapters after each round -- anyone who has read a good recruitment story can tell you that a first night flop can become a late week favorite -- making them do so after pref seems silly. If a girl would rather not be Greek than accept a bid to her second choice, she should not be forced to list that chapter on her card. In my opinion if she's that miserable, she's just taking up a spot for someone who really wants to be there. I think listing all chapters you visited on pref should certainly be encouraged, especially if girls leave with the "it's not for me but I didn't hate it" feeling, but forcing them to do so at the risk of being ignored by the matching process seems like a little much to me.

I also like the idea of the girls getting their bids in private or with their PX groups rather than in front of the sororities. That way the girls have some time to consider whether they are going to accept their bid, maybe cry a little bit and have a chance to think about it and pull themselves together, and get to talk it through with their PX or friends. The excitement of the big run is always incredible, but I hate to see girls so upset with their second choice when maybe someone else really wanted that chapter and ended up being cut or placed elsewhere.