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In my experience, houses at UF don't invite people past the 2nd round JUST because their Mom was a member so they must really like you if they invite you to pref. My advise is to rank your pref card in the order that you want but also expect and don't be shocked if you get your 2nd choice. It is rare to get your 3rd choice but possible. Choose your picks based on who you want to spend your college life with. Hopefully your Mom is supportive if it is not her house.

Thanks. I know I am thinking way ahead because I do not even know what houses I will have on my list tomorrow. but thank you for your opinion.

The way it works is PNMs rank their pref chapters and chapters rank their PNMs. Each chapter has a "first bid list" equal to the number Panhellenic sets for quota. The computer first matches up all the first bid list + first choice matches. (Ex: Suzie preffed ABC and put them first, and ABC also put her in their first bid list.) Then, it goes through and keeps trying to match each PNM to her first choice until that first choice chapter is full. (Ex: Suzie preffed ABC and put them first, and ABC did not put her on the first bid list, but put her third on their second bid list. After matching up all the first matches, ABC has five of their 'first bid list' PNMs who have matched elsewhere, so if any of their next five ranked PNMs put them first, they match. In this case, Suzie would match and get a bid to ABC.) Once a chapter is full, then the computer tries to match the PNM's second ranked chapter. (Ex: Suzie preffed ABC and DEF and picked ABC first and DEF second. ABC put her in thirtieth place on the second bid list, and ABC matches with enough PNMs that they do not get to Suzie's name on their list before their class is full. The computer then tries to match Suzie with DEF, where she was on their first bid list. They match and Suzie gets a bid to DEF.). If both her first AND second ranked chapters fill before her name matches, then the computer tries to match her with her third chapter.

One final thing, and you should ask your Pi Chi for more detail about this: once all of the chapters have filled their classes to quota, the women who aren't matched anywhere are eligible to become "quota additions" and are placed with some combination of PNM and chapter preference in mind, along with other factors. I have no idea how this works, but only know that you have to rank all of your pref options in order to be eligible to be a quota addition. (Neither the PNM nor the chapter ever knows which women are quota additions, and you get your bid normally on bid day.)