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Your ranks do matter

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Let's say for simplicity sake, there are 5 sororities at Syracuse and 100 women going through recruitment. The recruitment format is 5-3-2, meaning PNMS go to 5 houses for Round 1, 3 houses for Round 2 and 2 houses for preference. Round 1 comes, and each sorority meets all of the women. While PNMs are making their rankings (REMEMBER, you are not dropping anyone! You are ranking them.), the chapters are given a number called a carry figure. The carry figure is based on years of historical data as to how many women return to each of the chapters. So let's say that Sorority A is the top-performing chapter, and all or almost all of the women they invite back after each round accept their invitations. Their carry figure will be significantly LESS than the sorority that is the worst-performing chapter (we'll say Sorority E here). Here's what that might look like: # of women each sorority can invite back: Sorority A: 40 Sorority B: 50 Sorority C: 70 Sorority D: 80 Sorority E: 100 These numbers are significant in that this is what the process determines each chapter will need to have come back to their next round of parties in order to have the best chance of making quota at the end of recruitment. Now you as a PNM, rank the chapters in the following order: Sorority A Sorority D Sorority E Sorority C Sorority B If you're in Sorority A's top 40, you will receive an invite back. If not, Sorority A is dropped, and Sorority B now comes into play. (Remember, you're going to get three houses, AT MOST, for Round 2). You are in the top 80 for Sorority D and top 100 for Sorority E - those are matches. You will be getting invites back to them. Next up are Sorority B and C. Let's say for discussion sake, you like C better than B. Let's also say that for discussion sake, Sorority B REALLY likes you, and lists you in their top 5 AND Sorority C has you in their top 70. Because YOU RANK Sorority C higher than Sorority B, your third match is with Sorority C. I know that's really convoluted and could be confusing, but trust it's a mutual selection process. Also trust that the numbers that happen are the truth. It's incredibly rare for the computer matching system to mess up the process. Like 1 in 100,000. And it's likely not the system but user error. If you have a friend in a chapter who says her chapter loved you and she thought you were getting an invite, she is lying to you, probably not maliciously but to try to spare your feelings. It happens.