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Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor
OK so I was thinking "lower tier" = unhoused. That doesn't seem to be the case.
Can some one explain how they do release figures? Is all determined on the number of beds? What if you want more women then you have beds and what happens if you have an unusually small senior class? Is there a reason why Pan is reluctant to change other then it has always been done that way?
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Originally Posted by CookiesNCream
I think many girls who go through recruitment screw themselves over by ranking "lower" tier houses at the bottom of their list, or dropping out of recruitment when things don't go their way. You paid 60 dollars, at least finish up the process. If you really don't like the chapter you end up at, you're not obligated to accept a bid.
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As a follow up to AXOrushadvisor's question, are the "normal" (or as normal as can be since this is IU) release figures used at all? How are invites to the next round tied into how a PNM ranks the chapters?
After the 20 round, does a PNM (pre) “accept” her invites to the next round by ranking her top 14 chapters #1 and the next 6 chapters 2 through 7? In this scenario, she could – in theory – still have a full schedule during the process regardless of *where* she ranks the so called “lower tier” chapters. Even after the so called “top tier” chapters “drop” her because of RFM (I think that is what the release figures thing is called).
Or after the 20 party round, is it possible for the PNM to receive an invite to say all 20 chapters *then* she picks the 14 chapters? In this scenario, I would suspect she would be “dropping” many or the so called “lower tier” chapters throughout the process in hopes for a spot in a so called “top tier” chapter. Then at some late date, she gets dropped since the so called "top tier" chapters were not likely to extend her a bid in the first place.
In this is the case, I can see why she would be upset because she was the one that got to drop the chapters through most of the process. Or at least this is what she feels.
Does that make sense? Not sure if I'm saying it right and I may be off base, but that sounds like part of the issue at IU. That many of the PNMs are still attending the so called "top tier" chapters parties early on, when there is little likelihood they will get invited to the preference round parties, much less receive a bid.
I guess it comes down to this. And I know this is the million dollar question, but how do so many PNMs attend 3 preference parties and not get a bid?
From what has been discussed regarding RFM (I hope that is the right letters), the so called “top tier” chapters have to limit the number of PNMs even more because of their excellent return rates. I would guess that the so called “top tier” chapters at IU have very good return rates as well. So why aren’t those “top tier” chapters cutting PNMs right off the bat?
With limited spaces (bed quota) I could see PNMs dropped *before* the preference parties. But to have so many attend three preference parties and not get a bid at all seems like something is very wrong with the IU system.