2007 UGA Recruitment

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by cluelessUGAmom

So 1/3 of the girls attending a pref will have to be eliminated from being offered a bid?

I guess I'm still confused on this process tomorrow or tonight.

PNM puts
#1 as A
#2 as B
#3 as C

"A" has PNM on list as #53 with quota at 53
B has PNM on list as 54
C has PNM on list as 20 (or anything above 52)

Does PNM automatically get the bid for C that she listed as #3 and if she doesn't accept cannot go into COB hoping for her # 1 or # 2 or snap?

In the scenario above, the PNM would get A. It goes by the PNM's preference first. Basically, unless a chapter makes quota before they get to her name on the bidlist, she gets her first choice. And even if you meant for quota to be 52 and she was #53, there is still a 99.999999% are that she would get a bid from A anyway because EVERY SINGLE PNM above her would have to put A first for them to fill quota before getting to her name, which is unlikely.

[IlliniMeg]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

In the scenario above, the PNM would get A. It goes by the PNM's preference first. Basically, unless a chapter makes quota before they get to her name on the bidlist, she gets her first choice. And even if you meant for quota to be 52 and she was #53, there is still a 99.999999% are that she would get a bid from A anyway because EVERY SINGLE PNM above her would have to put A first for them to fill quota before getting to her name, which is unlikely.

I've done bid matching by hand (smaller numbers and smaller chapters) before and it was much easier to understand and I believe it works the same with the computers.

Basically you take each bid - look at their first choice - if they are on their A's bid list - it's a match - they get A. If they are not they go into a "Hold" pile, theory is that if someone else on A's bid list has a first choice of B and B matches, that woman would be removed and her slot filled with the next name on the list would move up.

Once you go through all the PNM's - you go back to the "Hold" pile, if sorority A has filled their quota list, they will go down to her second choice "B" and if her name is on their list, she will match to "B", if it is closed then they will move to "C".

But the system is designed to hope everyone gets their first choice, so this is why many get their third choice as they hold on "A" while 'B' is filling up so they drop to "C".

Hope this makes sense, bid matching by hand is the only way I understand the bid matching process!! Plus now that we have compute-a-rush it's done in seconds and with technology, always room for error!

Good luck to EVERYONE today!!