Intentional Single Preference (ISP) is Bad

[jenidallas]

I attended three preference parties and intentional single preferenced the only chapter I could see myself in. In my case, had I not matched with my first choice, I would have rather not accepted a bid elsewhere. Twenty-one years later, I don't see myself having done anything differently even having a much more Panhellenic outlook.

Sometimes ISP really IS the best choice for a PNM. We can't know what is individually best for a girl and while I do agree that MANY girls can be happy in places they think they cannot, it is NOT the right choice for every girl. I do think that college Panhellenics and Rho Chis need to do a very thorough job explaining how ISP and quota additions work. I've seen girls very disappointed because ISP has bitten them (they didn't rank as highly as they thought they would) and I've seen girls disappointed because they've matched with their second choice in bid matching when they fully intended to refuse a bid from that chapter.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by jenidallas

I've seen girls very disappointed because ISP has bitten them (they didn't rank as highly as they thought they would)

This is a big problem that I don't think we mention enough. A lot of women think there is no way they won't match...and some of them have been led to believe that by the chapter at pref. Dirty rushing/bid promising is responsible for at least a portion of this.