From Pref Night to Bid Day: What happens?

[KitKat58]

For the PNM, how much time usually passes between receiving the next round of invites and the start of the events?

Are Pref and Bid usually on the same day?

Is it possible to receive a Pref invite to only one sorority if a PNM maximizes their options?

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by KitKat58

For the PNM, how much time usually passes between receiving the next round of invites and the start of the events?

Most places 30-40 minutes. You rank your preferences that afternoon, you get your invite list the next morning sometimes at breakfast.

Originally Posted by KitKat58

Are Pref and Bid usually on the same day?

No this is unusual. Larger schools need more time to rank the PNMs and to make sure as many PNMs as possible are matched with a bid. Also, (without going into MS) some chapters are done with ranking soon after prefs are over, some the whole chapter spends more time on ranking their favorites.

Originally Posted by KitKat58

Is it possible to receive a Pref invite to only one sorority if a PNM maximizes their options?

It can and does happen.

[DubaiSis]

Originally Posted by HQWest

No this is unusual. Larger schools need more time to rank the PNMs and to make sure as many PNMs as possible are matched with a bid.

I believe UCLA has preference in the morning and bid night later that day, but they're the only one I'm aware of that does it that way. I like the theory of it but the reality sounds like an exercise in chaos for the sororities. There is a LOT to do in the (normally 18 hours or so) time between pref parties ending and bid day activities starting. Cutting that down to 6 hours or so seems ludicrous. But somehow they make it happen! It really is the magic behind the doors. The first time you see rush happen from the other side of the door, it's a miracle that you thought everything was so smooth and easy for the always-refreshed looking sorority women you wanted to emulate.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by KitKat58

Is it possible to receive a Pref invite to only one sorority if a PNM maximizes their options?

It's possible for a PNM to receive ZERO pref invites even if she maximizes her options.