From Pref Night to Bid Day: What happens?

[DubaiSis]

You're off.
The chapters gather their list of everyone who attended preference parties, in preference order. They electronically send this list in to rush HQ. The rushees' requests (which are also in preference order) are submitted electonically. All of the lists are run through a program that figures out what quota will be for the maximum amount of placement. Then, any girls who are left unmatched will be assigned quota addition positions. So if it is determined that the most girls will be matched if quota is 40, but there are 10 girls who still don't get matched, they WILL be put into a chapter, as long as they attended every preference party to which they were invited and then put every one of those chapters on the bid card. If they put down less than the total number of options they had and they didn't get placed, then they're SOL. And this is why we tell the girls that they should think long and hard before not listing one or more of the houses to which they attended preference parties. The truth is if you are willing to play along, you'd probably be happy in any sorority on campus.

And, by the way, disregard all of the above if you are talking about Indiana which is a whole number pile of fish.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

And, by the way, disregard all of the above if you are talking about Indiana which is a whole number pile of fish.

Thanks...we Hoosiers already know we are the special dysfunctional snowflake...but keep rubbing it in.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

You're off.
The chapters gather their list of everyone who attended preference parties, in preference order. They electronically send this list in to rush HQ. The rushees' requests (which are also in preference order) are submitted electonically. All of the lists are run through a program that figures out what quota will be for the maximum amount of placement. Then, any girls who are left unmatched will be assigned quota addition positions. So if it is determined that the most girls will be matched if quota is 40, but there are 10 girls who still don't get matched, they WILL be put into a chapter, as long as they attended every preference party to which they were invited and then put every one of those chapters on the bid card. If they put down less than the total number of options they had and they didn't get placed, then they're SOL. And this is why we tell the girls that they should think long and hard before not listing one or more of the houses to which they attended preference parties. The truth is if you are willing to play along, you'd probably be happy in any sorority on campus.

And, by the way, disregard all of the above if you are talking about Indiana which is a whole number pile of fish.

Hey now, Indiana does the bolded part! (nothing like sitting through a two hour recruitment adviser training session on bid matching only to have the person running say- oh- none of this really applies to you).