I have a silly question...
Say I'm a PNM at a school with four NPC sororities. I go through formal recruitment with an open mind (and comfortable shoes
). During round 1, I decide that I love Gryffindor, that Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are nice but not my top choice, and I can't stand Slytherin. (Guess what I've been reading?
)
I get my round 2 invites and find that Hufflepuff has cut me. I go back to the other 3 sororities, and my opinions don't change. I get my pref invites, and find that Ravenclaw has dropped me. I have two invites, one from my first choice and one from my last. I am required to go to both parties.
After pref, I go to fill out my pref card. I list Gryffindor first - that's easy. I've heard all about the dangers of Intentional Single Preference, but I really don't want to match to Slytherin. So... I list Hufflepuff as my second choice, reasoning that they cut me right away, so it's extremely unlikely I'm anywhere on their bid lists.
Technically that's not suiciding, since I did list more than one sorority, but my second choice was a sorority I didn't have a hope of matching with. Would this be considered suiciding or not? If I'm not matched to Gryffindor by regular bid matching, could I be a quota addition there? Or could I receive a snap bid from one of the other sororities?
I'm not encouraging PNMs to try to "beat the system" in this manner. I'm just curious to know how such a situation would be handled.