advice needed

[UGAalum94]

Zillini,

I'm not disputing what you posted, but it seems to me that the chapter who invited a girl to one pref already had a say in terms of inviting her to membership, and they did.

If she's on the bid/pref list, wouldn't they be happy to have her as a QA?

Is the problem that she jumps ahead of girls, who also ranked the chapter number one, that the chapter had higher on the bid list, but who were matched to their number two choices instead?

I'm trying to figure out why a panhellenic system wouldn't just commit to matching even PNM that any chapter was willing to list on their bid list as long as she maximized her options.

ETA: again, I'm not second guessing your information. But this stuff is fascinating to me, and I'm always trying to figure out why a policy might go the way it did. It seems peculiar to offer guaranteed matching only to the girls most likely to match anyway while other through no "fault" or decision of their own only get a shot at regular placement.

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

Zillini,

I'm not disputing what you posted, but it seems to me that the chapter who invited a girl to one pref already had a say in terms of inviting her to membership, and they did.

If she's on the bid/pref list, wouldn't they be happy to have her as a QA?

Is the problem that she jumps ahead of girls, who also ranked the chapter number one, that the chapter had higher on the bid list, but who were matched to their number two choices instead?

I'm trying to figure out why a panhellenic system wouldn't just commit to matching even PNM that any chapter was willing to list on their bid list as long as she maximized her options.

ETA: again, I'm not second guessing your information. But this stuff is fascinating to me, and I'm always trying to figure out why a policy might go the way it did. It seems peculiar to offer guaranteed matching only to the girls most likely to match anyway while other through no "fault" or decision of their own only get a shot at regular placement.

I highlighted the section where I believe you answered your own question. I think that would be the case but I'm not sure.

Also this policy has been in place for a long time, years prior to the now-not-so-new NPC Release Figure system. Prior to that it wasn't nearly as common as it is now for PNM's to only be invited to 1 or 2 Chapters on Pref Night. I don't have any stats to back this up, but I rarely heard of PNM's who weren't invited to at least 3 parties for Pref back then. I have to wonder now that it is more commonplace to only have 1 or 2 invitations, if Panhellenic will somehow change or even do away with this policy. It's an interesting question and one I'll ask next time I have the ear of someone in authority who can answer.