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Originally posted by ASUADPi
Well I went to ADPi and that was it. I didn't suicide or anything, I just went through informal spring recruitment. I actually attended Pref Night already having received my bid. LOL.
Okay, I hate to sound really, really stupid but this whole bid matching thing, no matter how many times I've read it, does not make sense.
Okay, so let's say I rush and I pref KKG, Theta & Pi Phi. So then I rank them and I put Pi Phi first, KKG second and Theta third. So then the chapters do their lists. To make sure I'm understanding this correctly. So for me to "end up" Pi Phi, Pi Phi would have had to put me on their 1st bid list? What would have happened if they put me on their second? What about if since I put KKG second and they put me first? Would the "crosscut" thing come into play? And what about Theta? If they were my third choice where would I have to be on their lists?
I'm sorry for the endless questions but I've never done a formal recruitment so this really doesn't make sense to me but I really want to understand so that I know how to better help my sisters (as an alum) during recruitment.
Thanks in advance to whomever steps to the plate to answer my questions 
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OK I'll try to explain...I actually do bid matching as an adviser but it is SO hard to explain in writing how it works.
If you put Pi Phi first and you were on their 1st bid list then you would match Pi Phi. If however, you put Pi Phi first and you were not on their 1st Bid list your bid card would be put on "hold" until either a Pi Phi spot opened up (by those on their first bid list putting another sorority first and being matched elsewhere) or until Pi Phi had filled quota at which time your named would be called for your second choice. If you were on Pi Phis second bid list you could receive a bid from them if those on their 1st bid list went to other sororites causing your name to move up on Pi Phis bid list.
A PNMs bid card will remain on hold until all spots in their #1 choice have been filled at which time their name will start being called for their 2nd choice. If they are on the 1st bid list of their second choice then that would be a match. If they are on the 2nd bid list of their 2nd choice then they their card would be put on hold until their 2nd choice had either filled qouta or the PNMs name had moved up on their bid list and matched.
If you had still not been matched to a sorority and if your third choice had not filled qouta your name would be called for them. If you were on their 1st bid list then you would match. If you were on their second list then you would match if for the same reasons listed above for choice 1 and 2. If you still did not match it is possible to be locked out of a bid altogether...it doesn't happen often but I have seen it happen.
Now clearly after I just went back and read what I typed I realize how unclear it sounds. If you could get someone to show you on paper by using example bid lists it would make so much sense. And I must admit that the 1st time I set through a bid matching session I almost fell out of my chair I was so confused. But after one go round it really seems simple.