[KappaKittyCat]

Most orgs have a legacy rule, something like "All legacies must be invited back to the first invitational round. If they are invited to Preference, they must be placed on the first bid list." I see how this could be complicated if there are more legacies than quota, but you've got to realize that in a situation like that, orgs can and do cut legacies after the first invitational round. Legacies can and do release their legacy org. Basicly, the system is designed so that if a legacy makes it to Pref for her legacy org, the choice is up to her as to where she pledges. I guess it's up to the orgs to make sure that there aren't more legacies than quota coming to their Pref, 'cuz if quota's 25, there's no way they could get away with putting 30 legacies on their first bid list.

As for what you can do to ensure that your legacy gets picked over another, it's the same thing that you'd do to make sure that your daughter gets picked over another if she weren't a legacy. Groom her.

Carnation, I'm unfamiliar with computer programs, as our school matches by hand. But doesn't the computer know that after a group has filled quota, it moves all the women left with that org as first preference to their second preference...

To use aephi alum's example, the computer would run through and match the women to their first choice for as long as it could. Then, just like in the Green Book directions for hand-matching, wouldn't it have some sort of scenario in place to break grid lock and move to Suzy's second choice once ABC has filled quota? The only responsibility would be up to the orgs to make sure the women are placed properly on the bid list. And the comptuer wouldn't have to know to take a legacy who didn't get her first choice. Suzy is on XYZ's first bid list because she's a legacy. XYZ can't fill quota without Suzy unless Suzy matches ABC first, so once ABC's quota was filled, the computer program should know that Suzy and all other girls who first-preffed ABC should be moved down to their second choices.

I hope that makes sense-- computers are not my strong suit.