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[33girl]

Originally Posted by ladybug12

Bid lists are no longer entered in alphabetically because chapters are given a quota range...not a solid quota number when bid lists are submitted. So it is top scores and down. You only find out quota on bid day.

You were not high enough on USC's bid list to get a bid. It doesn't matter where you were on Rutger's list. If you ranked high enough on USC's list to match before they met quota, then you would have matched with them. If you were#50 on their list and quota was 52' you would have matched even if you were #1 on Rutger's list.

So there is no such thing anymore as "first bid list" "second bid list" is what you're saying? If that's the case then is any "legacies invited to pref must be on first bid list" rule down the drain? Maybe that's what her sister and the older member meant by "top 25" and "top 10" - that legacies get some sort of a point bump during voting that assures they're in the quota range.

I would say sorry to tread on MS but that horse is way outta the barn in this thread. Also, I feel like Chris Farley with the air quotes now.

[MaggieXi]

Originally Posted by 33girl

So there is no such thing anymore as "first bid list" "second bid list" is what you're saying? If that's the case then is any "legacies invited to pref must be on first bid list" rule down the drain? Maybe that's what her sister and the older member meant by "top 25" and "top 10" - that legacies get some sort of a point bump during voting that assures they're in the quota range.

I would say sorry to tread on MS but that horse is way outta the barn in this thread. Also, I feel like Chris Farley with the air quotes now.

This was the new way of doing bids on the campus I help with last year. Greek Life gave us an estimated quota and said rank the PNMS using this quota number. So instead of doing the A list alphabetical and the B list by rank, the entire list is done by rank. I would guess each sorority would have their own way of putting legacies within the quota range to ensure that they are at the top of the overall list.

[sigmadiva]

This thread was a fun read!

I love our GC-NPC sleuths.

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

This was the new way of doing bids on the campus I help with last year. Greek Life gave us an estimated quota and said rank the PNMS using this quota number. So instead of doing the A list alphabetical and the B list by rank, the entire list is done by rank. I would guess each sorority would have their own way of putting legacies within the quota range to ensure that they are at the top of the overall list.

This makes sense IF the computer is going to recalculate quota to place the maximum number of PNMs possible. I mean.... seems to me that if you have 100 PNMs at a school with 5 chapters then quota would be 20, but if the computer brain - however the heck it works - determines that quota should be 18 and some chapters end up with quota plus, well, what's a chapter do do? Continually rewrite their first bid list alphabetically with a different number of ladies on it? Nah, if you're going to use this method of setting quota then the ranking method makes sense.... because if quota is 20, then the chapter already shows who the top 20 pick is. If quota is reset to 18, then panhellenic already knows who the top 18 is and doesn't have to ask who the 2 in alphabetical list of 20 should be removed since quota has been reset to 18.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

This makes sense IF the computer is going to recalculate quota to place the maximum number of PNMs possible. I mean.... seems to me that if you have 100 PNMs at a school with 5 chapters then quota would be 20, but if the computer brain - however the heck it works - determines that quota should be 18 and some chapters end up with quota plus, well, what's a chapter do do? Continually rewrite their first bid list alphabetically with a different number of ladies on it? Nah, if you're going to use this method of setting quota then the ranking method makes sense.... because if quota is 20, then the chapter already shows who the top 20 pick is. If quota is reset to 18, then panhellenic already knows who the top 18 is and doesn't have to ask who the 2 in alphabetical list of 20 should be removed since quota has been reset to 18.

But no matter *how* a group ranks PNMs, if they are a PNM's second choice, their ranking has no effect on whether a PNM gets her first choice. None.

(not correcting you, just reiterating in general)