Do all PNM’s get a house?

while not everyone gets a bid during formal recruitment a lot of girls go through COB or try again in the spring and end up finding the right place for them. The process can actually be really fun and you meet so many great people along the way. Every chapter has something different to offer and most people who stay open and genuine find a sisterhood where they feel like they belong. Just be yourself and trust that things will work out how they are meant to.

There is not a preset number of spots and there are very few pnm's who end up released from all houses; they either don't have the best grades or don't rush well, but often do better at COB or a 2nd time in formal recruitment.

The overwhelming majority of PNM's who don't get a bid either dropped out of recruitment or decided to SIP after pref (Single Intentional Preference, meaning they only put down one choice on their card when they had two choices).

The recruitment process is designed to give the most PNM's possible a bid, so the more PNM's participating means more bids. Quota is not determined until after Pref when all PNM's have signed their MRABA cards. The number of PNM's signing cards divided by the number of sororities = Quota.

If you have two pref houses and put them both on your card you are guaranteed a bid to one of them, and if you only have one pref house and put them down you are guaranteed their bid. But, if you have two houses and only put down one (SIP), and then aren't high enough on their bid list to match with them, then you are not getting that bid. This is called Suiciding and you take your chances with it.

There are more and more girls participating with fewer spots than participants. I don’t think it is a cut throat as Bama, but not everyone will find their people in the fall. There is always COB and spring recruitment though, and many girls find a house through those processes. Tbh, I wish I had waited. I wish I would have waited until sophomore year if I am being completely honest. Now that I know more people in every house, I would not felt so desperate to pick one. I had no idea what I was doing coming in as a freshman. No one in my family was involved in Greek life, so I was clueless. Haha.