Bid mismatch / computer error?

[DTD Alum]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

One of the problems may be that you ranked two chapters lowest early on that may have been more likely to keep you. Who knows? The fact that the more desirable chapters kept you for that extra day may have been the kiss of death for your recruitment since you couldn't continue on with the other two. This is why we even have RFM now days to prevent this from happening, but sometimes it still does. Like I said, sometimes good girls still do fall through the cracks. Check after recruitment and see if any of the chapters are doing COB to fill any remaining spots. Please do not take this as an indictment of you. Decisions are made quickly on little information, and if you asked anyone in these chapters about you, they'd probably have something good to say about you. Recruitment can be tough, and decisions to release PNMs can be made by a razor's edge.

Pardon the lane swerve, but I know a girl this (almost) happened to. During rush she hadn't been cut at all and was invited back to every sorority she wanted. The day before pref you can go to five chapters, and then pref is two. She went to five, four of which are the classic "Top 4" at this campus, and one is a middle tier. Right before pref she was dropped from all four of the Top 4 but luckily did receive a bid to the middle tier. But if it was structured the way it had been the year before and the year after (4 to 2), she would have likely had the four most competitive sororities before pref and then not receive a single invite to pref despite not being cut prior.

So I can see situations where girls coast right on by the early rounds with no cuts, cut groups that actually might want to pledge her, and then be cut by their remaining groups.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DTD Alum

Pardon the lane swerve, but I know a girl this (almost) happened to. During rush she hadn't been cut at all and was invited back to every sorority she wanted. The day before pref you can go to five chapters, and then pref is two. She went to five, four of which are the classic "Top 4" at this campus, and one is a middle tier. Right before pref she was dropped from all four of the Top 4 but luckily did receive a bid to the middle tier. But if it was structured the way it had been the year before and the year after (4 to 2), she would have likely had the four most competitive sororities before pref and then not receive a single invite to pref despite not being cut prior.

So I can see situations where girls coast right on by the early rounds with no cuts, cut groups that actually might want to pledge her, and then be cut by their remaining groups.

Yeah, this really was a huge problem before RFM when chapters could keep as many women around until Pref, when anyone they invited had to be on their bid list. Even now, some women do still fall through the cracks and some chapters do too. I know some chapters that think they have a lock on the "top girls" in recruitment up to the day before prefs when those girls have to cut down to a minimum number and all the sudden those girls pick other groups. (They go from 99 or 100% returns to 60% returns when PNMs suddenly can only go back to 2 or 3 parties.) If the chapter wasn't smart enough to keep around safety picks, they may not have enough women to make quota. It goes both ways. I think PNMs and chapters should really think strategically when ranking because you really don't know where you stand against your competition and the margins can be really slim.