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by: PnmDid anyone here end up pledging something they didn't put first for pref? I didn't think that happened a lot but idrk
#1by: Active
I ended up with my second choice because I was a legacy at that house and I was really high on their bid list. I was on my first choice's list too but because of numbers and ratios I ended up at my second choice. I would say it happens to 10-20% of PNMs, so make sure you pick your pref houses wisely.
I can honestly say I would've been happy with any 3 of my pref houses and I ended up exactly where I am meant to be, and I freaking love it.
Commentby: ...
Honey the only reason you ended up at your second choice was because you were not high enough on your first choice's bid list to make the cut.
Of course you were "on your first choice's list." EVERYONE who goes to pref is somewhere on the list. They list all the PNMs who attended their pref party in the order that they want them. You were not high enough on their list to receive a bid.
It has nothing to do with you being a legacy or "numbers and ratios"
You just weren't high enough on their bid list. That's it.
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by: Active
I think in almost every house if you are a legacy and you make it to pref they are required to put you at the top of the bid list, so she probably was at the top. But yeah if you don't get your first choice that means that their bid list filled up before your name was reached. So if quota is 60 and their 60th girl is number 80, and you're number 81, the computer will try to match you with your number 2 and so on.
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#2by: Guest
I got my third choice. I went into pref only wanting my first choice but still maximizing my options. So bid day I was pretty shocked. At first I was upset but I really do love my house. I could still see myself fitting in at my first choice but if I ended up in my second I probably would have dropped tbh. I definitely fit in the best in the house I ended up in and it really is the best place for me!!!
#3by: yeah
Honestly, I feel like I know more people who got their second/third choice than ones who got their first. Wasn't a legacy and got bid promised from my first choice, but got my second anyway. I was literally shocked opening my bid card. I guess it worked out, but yeahhh it's weird.
#5by: G
Off the top of my head, you statically have about an 80% chance of getting your first choice, a 15% chance of getting your 2nd choice, and a 5% chance of getting your 3rd choice (according to Panhellenic). If you don't get your first choice please go into your house with an open mind on bid day, i know so many girls who were so disappointed with who they got a bid from and ended up LOVING their house
#6by: which houses
by: No
Please. No. There are 10 different threads about houses you're sad you didn't get and who you preffed and why. There doesn't need to be another one
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by: Yes
Yes,as a matter of fact I am. And I am issuing you a citation for having such a ridiculously inane comeback, as well as ordering community service for being lame enough to think this is an interesting conversation that hasn't been done to death.
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#8by: ...
I"m actually in a house that I originally didn't like going into rush. Through the week I started to get a better sense of the personality each sorority has, and my opinion on the house I'm in changed drastically. To any PNMs, please go in with an open mind. You can have houses you like but be open to something different. I love the house I'm in and I truly never thought I would.
by: Maximizing your options
If you attended EVERY party that you were invited to that week (you didn't skip out and go to your dorm for a nap or something unexcused because you weren't "feeling" a house) AND you still only have one house for pref, you will get that house. Even if you were their last name on that list. That is why all houses make heavy cuts before pref. They know the PNM's they invite back have a good chance of being on their lawn Saturday morning.
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by: Maximizing your options
That is what quota addition means. Your house made quota AND a girl or girls had your house as their only house for pref and you had to accept them even if they were on the bottom of your bid list. The thing is, only a handful of girls in your house will know if you were a quota addition. And, they are on recruitment committee, are sleep deprived from pulling multiple all-nighters, and all they really care about is making quota.
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by: Yes and
Quota additions are anyone who wasn't matched in the process after pref and maximized their options. Could have preffed one or could have preffed three. But yeah usually no one knows who the QAs are.
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#10by: 1st or 3rd
I got my first choice, and even though I'm very glad that happened, I think if I had gotten my 3rd choice, it would have been a great opportunity to pursue a greater leadership role in the chapter and push it in a different direction. If you do end up with a chapter you weren't shooting for on bid day, especially if it's a struggling chapter, use it as an opportunity to help them grow into a chapter you love!
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by: Bs
No one ever knows where they were on the bid list. Being a legacy won't pull you from your top choice if you are anywhere on their bid list. Also no one will ever know if they were a quota addition or not.
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