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Poster Name:
goodwork

Poster Message:
Hmmm, seriously good overview of the process. Thanks for taking the time to summarize some of the arcane details so that many of the fall pnms have a clearer picture of what just happened. My sense is that the size of recruitment has grown and we need to put our heads together to tweak the system to reflect the growth. I know we are not in the arena of 2,000+ pnms like some of the sec schools but I think this year the first cut was too fast and honestly blindsided many that had no idea what was going on. Not sure this would work but in order to give pnms and houses a bit more time to meet each other early in the process why not either add a day with another event or split the first event over 2 days with longer meeting times? Things moved so quickly early on that it hit so many people hard. Or do a mass meeting upfront to introduce all the houses as a better introduction? I know its exhausting as it is right now but most of the issues in terms of commentary seemed to be the speed and severity of the huge first cut and how it was impossible to meet people and get a good sense of the house. I ran into so many pnms who really didn't figure out what was going on or have a sense of the houses until after the 2nd event. By then, they had been cut by at least 3 houses and we scratching their heads as to what to do. Like you said, some unfortunately came in with preconceived notions and when they lost these houses they dropped. What I am honestly struggling with is (con't)