Computer Errors???

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I'm new here...I introduced myself in the Ole Miss thread...I have been reading this site for a couple of months and feel like I know y'all pretty well! I am wondering about something that I have heard about for the past several years at Auburn and Alabama and sure enough the same story reared its head at Ole Miss this time: Rhonda Rushee loves the XYZs and they love her. She goes to their pref and puts them first, but come bid day she gets PDQ. The XYZs find out about this and are hysterical because they are certain for a fact that Rhonda was on their first list--must be a computer error! A variation on this theme: Rhonda Rushee is a XX legacy. XX has a legacy policy that states that if said legacy comes to pref she goes to the top of the bid list. Rhonda knows this and puts them first, but come bid day she gets OMG. I know for a fact that this happened at Auburn several years ago. Baby Bird has a friend in each of these situations. I have maintained that the actives of a particular house don't actually see the bid list and therefore have no idea where a particular pnm was ranked, but with the legacy issue there really does seem to be a problem.

Thoughts?