How Srats rate PNMs

nobody can explain because all the houses use different systems and rating critiera/scales.

The algorithm you are speaking of does not pertain to how the chapters rank the pnm's, but rather how the invitation lists are generated for the next round. A chapter submits its ranked list of pnm's, and the algorithm compares their ranked list with the max number the chapter is allowed to invite back and generates the list of pnm's that are ranked high enough to be carried to the next round. The algorithm then considers the pnm's ranks, to remove any of them from consideration if they are eligible to drop that house or if they drop out of rush. Then, the algorithm goes back to the ranked list to adjust for those drops by moving pnm's up the list as needed to fill the max number of invitations allowed. Pnm's below that max number are released. You can be right below the cut off number and still be liked and wanted by that chapter, but they can't take a single pnm more than allowed. This is why you shouldn't take being released personally. Sorority members are disappointed all the time when girls they really liked don't come back. They have to focus on who they have left and so should you.

As far as how chapters make their lists, every chapter has their own method, but all methods are similar. It usually involves the members who talk to a pnm during a round discussing to get a consensus among themselves, opinions are presented to a larger group or the chapter at large, and the chapter as a whole has input in some form or another as to each pnm's general assessment. The process is very much personal, hands on, and carefully considered, but only a few people on the rush committee know the final list being submitted; the general chapter membership usually does not know exactly how the list turns out. Do keep in mind the process would be impractical if it were too detailed, and a ranking from 1-10 in different categories would be waaay too tedious. There is no time for that level of minutiae. Really, the pnm pool forms a bell curve at every round: some definite yesses, some definite nos, but most in the middle to varying degrees, and that middle part shuffles out and adjusts as the rounds progress. General impressions, feelings, and gut checks are far more important.

I wasn’t looking for a secret back door or a system to game- and that would be futile anyway. Just generally interested in how the ranking worked. If people input numbers into a computer or sit around discussing and make an actual list or whatever. But thanks.