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[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by justgo_withit

Where does the "drop" terminology come from (hopefully not your recruitment counselor)? PNMs do not have the power to remove chapters from their schedules. Instead, you're putting the chapters in order of preference so panhellenic knows where to send you on the off chance you're invited back to more chapters than there are slots in the next round just a quick note for any future PNMs who may read this! No one wants to be that girl embarrassing herself complaining that she keeps having to go back to a chapter she claims she dropped/cut/etc.

I would guess that her putting "drop" in quotation marks indicates that she knows she's not really dropping these chapters. But clarification is always good for those who may read this and misinterpret what was said

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I would guess that her putting "drop" in quotation marks indicates that she knows she's not really dropping these chapters. But clarification is always good for those who may read this and misinterpret what was said

Indeed. I like to think of it more like this: A PNM who has just visited 16 chapters during open houses chooses which 12 chapters she'd want to go back to if it were totally up to her. Then, suppose one of those 12 doesn't invite her back - which one of the other 4 would she like to go back to instead? That one becomes her first alternate. The PNM isn't dropping chapters, rather, she's listing 12 favorites, and 4 alternates in case her top choices don't invite her back.

FreshmanPNM2013 - good luck and I hope you find your home.

[FreshmanPNM2013]

Sorry! The terminology has been difficult to get a grasp on. What I meant by dropping was ranking the bottom four, but not any others.