Chances of being dropped?

Not true. No house will waste their time with someone who makes it obvious they don’t want to be there. They might give a pnm a second (or even third) chance but no one wants to waste a bid and will make that cut.

With that being said, I think with first cuts happening before a pnm even walks in a house it will give pnms a chance to humble themselves, evaluate if they want to be involved in Greek life for the right reasons, and then give their remaining houses an honest chance.

THIS!!!

Be open and you’ll be fine! ❤️

Go into every house and be friendly, genuinely interested, and with a super positive attitude. If you do that and give every house a chance…I’d be shocked if you don’t get a bid.

I think it’s ok to know it does happen and ways to avoid it such as being respectful to ALL houses

Can you please explain what you mean by
If you keep dropping houses that want to bring you back….”
I just really don’t understand the process.
PNMs rank 1 (top choice) to 11 on day one. Then 1–8 (or less if not everyone invited back) then 1–5 (again, depending) then 2? How can a pnm drop a house inviting then back? Don’t all houses have to invite you back if they’re on your list? And you HAVE to “drop” some of them?

I feel like I need a lesson in how bidding/dropping/ranking works!

And toss in the fact that I could rank a sorority low but still get invited back — I’m super confused! Help?!

Think of it this way: While PNMs are ranking 1-11 and so on each day, the houses are doing the same to PNMs. Therefore, house A, B, C, D may have cut you, even though you ranked them high. That leaves you with houses E, F, G, H, I, J, K to attend.

Remember, this process may feel like you are choosing the house, but the reality is that the house is the one making the choice.

- You've got it backwards, Janey. The sororities do the choosing; pnm's do not drop houses and sororities do not have to ask back anyone. The sororities are making the decisions of who to ask back and who to drop and the whole process is driven by the computer algorithm that will give every pnm as many invitations back as possible based on the allowed amount per round and the invitation lists of the sororities.
- Your rankings are just rankings, and aren't necessarily going to reflect which sororities you are actually going back to. You need to understand that houses that you want to go back to are going to drop you. That's a fact and happens to the vast majority of pnm's, so you then need to get over it quick and concentrate on the houses that do want you back. The algorithm will put as many houses on your schedule that it can in order to maximize your options for a bid, and that's why houses you rank low will keep coming back on your schedule; there is room on your schedule because houses have dropped you. Go to them with a smile on your face and graciousness in your heart because they are still interested in you. They don't know that you ranked them low.
- Your rankings only come into play if more houses want to ask you back than are allowed for that round. In that case, the algorithm drops your lower ranked houses for you. But that's not what happens for the majority of pnm's, and getting a full card back, or getting back all your chosen houses, does happen but should not be your expectation.
- Pref round is different...will make a separate comment.

- 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.

Probably the best explanation I’ve seen on here!

Just gonna add one more thing: intentionally trying to get yourself dropped from a house you don't like, by acting disinterested, being rude, and/or straight up telling them that you aren't interested, DOES NOTHING to get you invited back to the houses you really want. NOTHING. In fact, it can backfire and get you dropped everywhere, because we are all friends with girls in multiple houses, and we will gladly share that kind of pnm info with each other during rush. Rude, entitled members are a bad look and we don't want them.