Recruitment Question

[leiaamiedala]

Hi All,

I had a rec girl go through recruitment at a mid-sized school recently. I was under the impression that the school was not super competitive. This was her second time through, as a sophomore. She went: 11 houses (Round one) --> 8 (out of 8) houses (Round two) --> 1 (out of 5) house (Round three)
And then dropped out before preference because she just could not see herself in the last house (for the record, I tried to talk her into going to pref, but it was her decision). She will be pursuing COB and applying to the panhell group that is colonizing this fall. So she knows her options and is doing her best to react. But it seemed very, very odd to me that a girl can go from 8 to 1 between second and third rounds. Is this supposed to happen?

Additionally, I found out that about 840 PNMs went to round one, but over 270 dropped by the end of preference. That is a match % of only about 65%. This seems very low to me. Shouldn't a higher % of PNMs be placed?

Let me know what you all think.