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The Algorithm

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- If you are invited to a sorority's pref, then you are on their bid list somewhere. If you rank both your pref houses, you are guaranteed a bid to one of them, but not necessarily to your first choice. If you only put one of your two houses on your card, you are not guaranteed a bid. That's called suiciding and it's either than house or nothing. If you only get one pref invitation and you go there and then put them on your card, you know without a doubt you are getting that bid. - Bid matching: The pnm's rank their two houses and the sororities rank all their pnm's. The algorithm goes down a sorority's ranked bid list and tries to match with the pnm's who ranked that house as their 1st choice, then if necessary it goes through again and matches with pnm's who ranked that house 2nd. The process ends for that house at whatever point it matches to Quota. If a pnm is high enough on her 1st choice's bid list to match before they reach Quota, she gets that bid. If not, the algorithm will then try to match her with her 2nd choice house. If that house reaches Quota before matching with her, then she will get a bid as a Quota Addition to either house. The Algorithm will choose for her based primarily on the pnm's choice, but also considers her place on the house's bid list as well as the number of Quota Additions to assign. Nobody knows who is a quota addition, it's just a bid like any other. This is how a pnm is guaranteed a bid if she ranks both her pref houses. If she suicides with one house and that house matches to Quota before they match with her, she is out of the process and not getting a bid. - Maximize your options, pnm's. Be open-minded or be left out.