Bid mismatch / computer error?

[Soliloquy]

They didn't do quota additions, which was rather unfortunate because a lot of girls went without a bid. That's part of the reason I'm trying to understand bid matching. Perhaps they didn't calculate quota correctly or something, because on most campuses if you go to prefs- you will get a bid. However, I'm pretty sure we all just had bad luck as to where our names were listed and how we were matched.

Every chapter on campus is at total, so there won't be any COB events. There is a chance for winter informal, but that won't be known until sometime in November or December.

Oh and I think I remember reading someplace that cross-cutting is a myth. Would I be correct in that assumption or can it really happen?

[FSUZeta]

it is interesting(and unfortunate) that there were no quota additions.

i believe that cross cutting(mismatching) happens.

hopefully there will be some chapters who have a few slots open up in january, and i hope you are invited to their events!

[AOII Angel]

Quota is simply calculated by the number of women invited to prefs divided by the number of groups on campus. Unfortunately, it doesn't take into account how many women are pref'ing each group. If a lot of women only have one group, and that group fills prior to their name being called, they will not get a bid. Dividing it up this way seems like it would account for everyone, but it can't. Remember, these groups are often competing for the same women. It's a shame your campus doesn't do quota additions, but it's likely that they don't want to raise campus total. Sounds like you could use another group on campus. You might ask if they are open for expansion. The Greek Life office would know this.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

Oh and I think I remember reading someplace that cross-cutting is a myth. Would I be correct in that assumption or can it really happen?

It depends on what you think "cross-cutting" is. It is possible to:
1. Be released from all chapters on your campus before preference.
2. Not match due to suiciding.
3. Not match if you were low on all chapters' bid lists and your school does not guarantee a match for women who maximize their options through quota additions.

It is NOT possible for the outcome of matching or not matching to depend on the order of your listed chapters (assuming maximized options). For example:

Say a PNM lists Alpha first, Beta second, and Gamma third. She is very low on Alpha and Betas' lists but high on Gamma's list. The "cross-cutting myth" is that she won't be matched because of the order in which she listed her chapters. In this case, the PNM would match to Gamma regardless of whether she listed them first, second or third. When I say the PNM is "very low" on Alpha and Beta's lists, I mean that they fill quota before getting to her name on the list.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Say a PNM lists Alpha first, Beta second, and Gamma third. She is very low on Alpha and Betas' lists but high on Gamma's list. The "cross-cutting myth" is that she won't be matched because of the order in which she listed her chapters. In this case, the PNM would match to Gamma regardless of whether she listed them first, second or third. When I say the PNM is "very low" on Alpha and Beta's lists, I mean that they fill quota before getting to her name on the list.

I completely agree. This may have happened in the era of hand matching when people made mistakes, but now the computer programs are fairly simple and don't make that kind of mistake. It's not hard to go back and shift the bids for Gamma to move PNM1 into their NM class if she is higher on the list than PNM2 regardless of where Gamma is on her list (if, of course, her higher prefs fill first!)

[Soliloquy]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

It is NOT possible for the outcome of matching or not matching to depend on the order of your listed chapters (assuming maximized options). For example:

Say a PNM lists Alpha first, Beta second, and Gamma third. She is very low on Alpha and Betas' lists but high on Gamma's list. The "cross-cutting myth" is that she won't be matched because of the order in which she listed her chapters. In this case, the PNM would match to Gamma regardless of whether she listed them first, second or third. When I say the PNM is "very low" on Alpha and Beta's lists, I mean that they fill quota before getting to her name on the list.

This is what I was referring to. An active I know said a girl went bidless due to cross-cutting, and she was referring to that term in the same way you created your example. I was pretty sure it was a myth as described!

All the chapters at my school had the same amount of girls pledge, so I don't know if they adhered to the quota range.

Thanks to everyone for explaining, I appreciate it!