Do all PNM’s get a house?
by: Greece#1by: ZBBFAN
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.
Comment#2by: Facts
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.
#3by: No
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.
by: No
I just mean I felt pretty confident about the houses that liked me so I ranked them highest for fear I wouldn’t end up anywhere. I know I didn’t “pick” a house, but there were some houses I wish I’d ranked higher than I did. Like I said, I had no idea what I was even doing.
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by: stop already
Pnm's ranks don't get them invited back and pnm's don't drop houses. Stop with your ignorant comments.
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by: Not correct
There is not a set number of spots until preference and there is a spot for everyone who maximizes her options and attends every party she is invited to all the way through. Those who do not maximize may not match but the spot is there. Every school operates under the same national Panhellenic rules, so Bama is no different.
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by: ^
There is no "maximize" like you are saying because pnm's MUST attend everywhere they are invited or they are dismissed from recruitment. It's not a choice. RFM assigns the schedule and that's where the pnm goes.
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by: ^So not true^
Not true. It's obvious you know nothing about recruitment. There's not a number of spots until quota is set at the end of the pref round, so if there are more pnm's then quota is set accordingly and every pnm who attends the pref round is on those bid lists somewhere. The sororities do the choosing, the pnm's don't "pick one" they only rank.
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