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Poster Name:
Bid Matching

Poster Message:
The one and only bid you will get is done through a computer algorithm that does the bid matching. If you attend two prefs and rank each house you will a get a bid to one of them. If you are invited to only one pref and you attend then you will get a bid to that house. Here's how the matching goes if you attend two prefs: Your two houses rank each PNM, and you rank your two houses. The algorithm will start at the top of the houses' bid lists to match their first choices with PNM's who have also put them first. If your first choice house has you high enough on their bid list to match with you before they reach Quota, then you will get a bid from that house. But, if your first choice reaches Quota before you are matched with them, then the algorithm will try to match you with your second choice house. If you are high enough on their bid list to match before they reach Quota then you will get a bid from that house. If you are not high enough on their bid to match with them either, then at that point you would get a bid as a Quota Addition and could be matched to either house. No one knows who is a Quota Addition, not even the actives in the house; it's just a regular bid and you would not be at a pref if the house didn't want you as a sister so don't worry about that. The houses do not know how you rank them either. Quota Addition is a very good reason not to 'suicide' or SIP (Single Intentional Preference) meaning only ranking one of the two houses where you pref. DO NOT DO THIS! RANK BOTH HOUSES because you aren't eligible to be a Quota Addition if you don't and the likelihood of not getting a bid is higher. Hope this helps.