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Poster Name:
understanding

Poster Message:
The chapters have no idea how you rank them, so your ranks are no influence on their invitations. They decide who to invite back and your ranks only matter if more want to have you back than the max amount per round. Most pnms don't get the max back, and houses will keep showing up because they want you back and the algorithm is trying to give you as full a schedule as possible. This is how pnms don't drop houses, they only rank them. Pref is a bit different. The algorithm goes down a sorority's ranked bid list and tries to match with the pnms who put them at 1. If necessary to fill quota, the algorithm will make a second pass down the bid list to match with the 2's. The process stops for a sorority whenever they reach quota. If you are high enough on your 1's bid list to match before they reach quota then you will get that bid. If not, the algorithm will try to match you with your 2. If you are not high enough on their bid list to match before they reach quota, you will be a quota addition at either house. This is how you are guaranteed a bid for ranking both houses. The algorithm will try to match you with your 1 as a quota addition, but will also consider your place on both bid lists as well as the number of quota additions to be placed. If you SIP and don't match with that one house, you are out of the process entirely and will not get a bid. If you have only one pref house and you attend and put them on your card you know you are getting that bid.