can someone explain how the parties and cutting wo

The first two days (round one) PNMs will visit all 17 chapters. You will have the same schedule with your rho gam group and a couple other groups as well. You could have 7 parties on one day and 10 parties on the other day for example. These rounds will be about 20 minutes. After this round you will narrow down your choices to 13 chapter's that you rank as #1's that you definitely want to return to and 4 alternates that you rank in number order from 2-5, in case one of your #1 houses drop you then an alternate would substitute in. The third and fourth day (round two) you will visit at MOST the 13 chapters that invited you back. Again, you could have 8 parties one day and 5 parties the other day, or you could get 10 parties one day and 3 the other day (yes this can happen). Each chapter will give a financial presentation and the round will be about 30 minutes long. At the end of the round, you will narrow down your choices to your eight #1 houses with five alternates again ranking them in number order. The fifth day (round 3), you will visit at most 8 chapters that invited you back in that same day. You will spend about 40 minutes in each chapter and they will give a philanthropy/leadership presentation. At the end of this round you will go in to make your final selections for Preference. You will narrow down your options from 8 to your three #1 houses, and five alternates ranking from 2-6. On Preference, you will receive your schedule in the morning with at the most three

Preference parties. Everything about Preference is different from every other day. There are less girls, no line in front of the houses and you see a part of each sorority's ritual. These 50 minute parties will start at around 9 AM and the last party could end later than 9 PM. After you finish your parties for the day, you will go to HCB, and sign a contract listing your top three preferences ranked in order from 1-3. You will then go to computers and make the selection there. On bid day, if you don't not receive a call from your rho gamma in the morning, you know that you have received a bid and become part of the amazing panhellenic community here at FSU!

Example for Computer Selection List with Alternates:
1. ABC
1. DEF
1. GH
1. IJK
1. LM
1. NOP
1. QRS
1. TU
1. VW
1. XYZ
1. AZ
1. BYC
1. DX
2. EWF
3. GVU
4. HT
5. ISJ

Keep in mind that you are RANKING the houses, not cutting them.