how often does a pnm get their second choice?
by: pnm067subject. was wondering if it’s common or uncommon to be matched with your second choice after pref. i know it happens, but is it 50/50?
Commentby: NoSep 7, 2025 8:02:31 PM
Not true, as long as you are on the list of bids for house A before House A makes their quota you will get House A no matter where you are ranked on House B. That is where the PNM‘s preference comes into the equation.
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#2 by: Better than
by: pnm067Sep 7, 2025 7:36:17 PM
by: pnm067Sep 7, 2025 7:37:26 PM
oh thats amazing ! thank you !! i like both of my options, my second choice is just quite a bit more expensive lollll.
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by: MeSep 7, 2025 7:46:06 PM
#4 by: Better than
Bid Matching Explained
After pref and everyone signs her card, quota is set and then here's how it goes:
You have ranked your houses 1 & 2, and the sororities have ranked all their pnm's in order on their bid list. The algorithm starts at the top of a sorority's ranked list and tries to match with the pnm's who put them at 1. If you are high enough on your 1's bid list to match with them before they reach quota, you will get that bid. If you are not high enough to match before they reach quota, then the algorithm will try to match you with your 2. If you are high enough on their list to match with them before they reach quota you will get that bid. If you aren't high enough to match with either house, you will be placed as a quota addition. The algorithm will try to place you with your 1, but will also consider your place on both bid lists, the number of quota additions to place at those houses, and the relative sizes of the chapters.
Quota Additions are what guarantees a bid if you rank both houses. If you SIP and you are not high enough on that one house's bid list to match before they reach quota, then you are out of the process and will not get a bid. No quota additions for SIP.
If you only have one house at pref and put them on your card you will get that bid.
by: ThisSep 7, 2025 8:12:26 PM
This is correct! Don’t SIP unless you would never, ever, ever want your 2nd choice.
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by: pnm067Sep 7, 2025 10:35:54 PM
by: ^Sep 7, 2025 8:53:05 PM
The actives don't know anything about which pnm's put their house first or second on their MRABA card, they are HAPPY to welcome their new members and after bid day it doesn't matter to anyone and no one really cares or talks about it. Most members got their first choice when they went through rush and the ones that got their second almost always end up loving their chapter.
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by: YesSep 8, 2025 7:46:52 AM
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by: Better thanSep 7, 2025 7:32:30 PM
That is incorrect.
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