How to help PNMs who don't get first choice?

[jwright25]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I forget if this is a school rule or an NPC rule, but if you suicide/don't pref the max available you aren't eligible for snap bids. Then again, if you would take a snap bid from someone, you should put them on your list....it's just an issue of your not ranking them highly enough. (I hope that makes sense.)

The NPC rule applies to ISP'ers being ineligible for Quota Additions. But it doesn't cover snap bidding. Technically, if a woman suicides and doesn't match, she is just unmatched and therefore eligible for snap bidding and/or COR. However, some schools may take that rule on out as you suggested, making ISP'ers ineligible for snap bidding.

Originally Posted by 33girl

Plus, don't some computer programs "kick out" women who suicide, or is that a myth?

ICS doesn't and Campus Director (Innova) doesn't. But I'm not familiar with any others.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by jwright25

The NPC rule applies to ISP'ers being ineligible for Quota Additions. But it doesn't cover snap bidding. Technically, if a woman suicides and doesn't match, she is just unmatched and therefore eligible for snap bidding and/or COR. However, some schools may take that rule on out as you suggested, making ISP'ers ineligible for snap bidding.

Thanks for the clarification...it was all just "open bid" back in the day.

[UGAalum94]

If you don't really want your second and third choice, you probably shouldn't try to be a quota addition since there's no guarantee that you'll be a QA at the one chapter you like.

I think I would just have the recruitment counselors emphasize as much as possible that you can be matched to any group you list on the card. Have them talk about it several times throughout the process. Be honest and admit that leaving a chapter off the bid card doesn't affect your chances of getting a bid at the ones you do list if you really don't want the chapter you leave off.

My opinion may be biased by looking at the stats from the couple of campuses that release them to the public, but it seems like arranging bid events or bid card practices around the relatively small number of girls who don't get what they want is kind of a downer for everyone. It ought to be the case that we can assume that if the PNM listed the chapter, then she's happy that she matched. Let the celebration begin!

Sure, she may not think she's as happy as if she got her number one, but why approach things like "are you going be okay with this bid?' rather than "yea, you got this bid!" if the girl really can't do much about it anyway?