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Originally posted by curlygirly
Thanks greeklawgirl....but now I have another question(s)....
Do sororities 'rank' you, like you rank them? Or do they just decide to either drop you or extend a bid? Can the two sororities that you prefed give you a bid?....If not then how do they decide who is going to give you a bid?
Or is it that when they give you a bid, if you have them as your #1 choice, then you've automatically accepted??? (can you tell that I'm thinking this over as I type....?)
And then what is this about suicide?? Is that when you only put one sorority on your pref card, and then don't get a bid from them?
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This is how the preferential bidding system is supposed to work
Its a mutual selection process. The PNM rank in order the chapters from which they'd be willing to accept a bid. Be that 1,2, 3, or more. Usually its the number of preference parties you attended. While you're doing that, the sororities are making up their bid lists. Everyone who was invited to and attended their preference party is supposed to be listed on either their first or second bid list. The first bid list is in alphabetical order and is quota in length. For instance if quota is 20 then each chapter will have 20 names on their first bid list. The remainder of the women to whom the chapter is willing to extend bids are on the second bid list in the order that the chapter wants them (ie ranked). You never lose your place on a bid list. Once you make it onto a chapter's first bid list, you stay there until you get a bid, either from them or some other chapter.
So, the bid matching process works like this. The first choices of the PNMs are read and if she is on the first bid list of her first choice its a match. At this point her name is crossed off all other bid lists and if on any first lists is replaced by the first name from the second bid list. If she isn't then her card is set aside and the next one is read. This process is continued always giving the PNMs first choice a chance until she matches (by moving onto the first bid list when someone matches elsewhere) or her first choice reaches quota. At this point her second choice is read and if she is on their first bid list, she gets a bid. If not, the processes continues.
You should only be "cross cut" if you are toward the bottom of all bid lists of all your preferences and all take quota before getting to your name.