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Like this: You rank your houses and the sororities rank all of their pref pnm's. The algorithm will go down a house's ranked bid list and try to match those names with the pnm's who listed that house first. This goes on until that house matches to quota. If your name is high enough to match on your #1's list you will get that bid. If not, the algorithm then tries to match you with your second choice house the same way. If you match before they reach quota you get a bid from that house, but if you don't match with them either, you will still get a bid as a quota addition. This could be to either house, but the algorithm tries hard to match you with your first choice, although there are other factors also considered, so not always. If you have only one house at pref and put it on your card you will get that bid. You are guaranteed a bid if you list everywhere you pref; but, if you pref two houses and only rank one (SIP or suicide) and you don't match with that one house, it is over for you. You will not get a bid there and you won't be placed as a quota addition. BTW pnm's do not 'bid' so IDK why people call it suicide bidding, it's just called suiciding, or technically Single Intentional Preference or SIP.