selections
by: 2019Can someone explain the selection process? For example, let's say you were to visit 6 houses on leadership day. Afterwards, do you rank all the houses you visited from 1-6 or do you only pick 3? If you got cut by any of the 3 you originally picked would it roll down to your 4th-6th picks (if those houses asked you back)?
#1by: Hello
Okay so we have 12 sororities and four rounds.
Round one is split into two days and at the end of the second day you will rank the houses and "drop" 3. Here the nine sororities above the last three, do not have to be in a specific order.
At the beginning of round 2 (day 3) you will receive a schedule and you can visit up to 9 sororities this day. At the end of the day you will rank the houses and drop another 3 houses.
You will receive a schedule are the beginning of round 3 (day 4) and on this day you can visit up to 6 chapters. At the end of the day you will rank again and drop 3 chapters.
At the beginning of round 4 (day 5) you will receive a schedule and you can visit up to 3 chapters. At the end you will rank again and this time the order that you place your choices WILL matter.
So with all that said let me explain a couple of things when I say you will "drop" x number of houses, I don't mean that they will be gone. (lets use round one for example) If a house that was on your top 9 drops you then you will get one of the houses you put on your bottom 3 back. If the houses that you dropped drop you then you won't get them back.
Also, it is VERY common to not visit the maximum number of houses (so on round two you may visit 8 houses instead of 9) and that is OKAY! That just makes it easier for you to narrow your choices down and instead of having to drop 3 houses on the next round, you now only have to drop two.
Its a multutal process where both opinions (of PNM and..
Comment#2by: Truth
Please keep in mind that you are not "dropping" houses. You are listing the houses you most prefer to return to, then listing the ones you least prefer to return to in order. If you are not high enough on a sorority's list, whether they are one of your favored ones or not, you won't be coming back. Although PH loves to call it mutual selection, it really isn't. At the end of the day, the sororities are really doing the choosing and dropping because they're in charge of their invite list.
by: truth is correct
"Drop" is a misnomer for PNMs. You aren't really dropping any chapters unless ALL the ones in your favorite list invite you back. For every chapter in your favorites list that does not invite you to their next round you will go that far into your ranked/bottom list. Consider the ranked list your back-ups. Back-up list is a much better description than dropped list.
Example: For philanthropy day PNMs can visit a max of 9 chapters. You indicate the 9 you most want to return to (in no particular order) and then rank your 3 back ups. If 7 out of your 9 favorites invite you back, but 2 do not, then your ranked/back up chapters come into play. The computer will check to see which of your ranked/back-up chapters invited you back and fill your schedule accordingly. It checks for your top ranked first, then moving down as far as necessary to get invitation matches until you have a full party schedule.
If your bottom ranked chapter appears on your schedule then it means that there weren't enough invitations from your favorites list or higher ranked back-ups to fill your schedule.
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by: ^
But they also need to understand that they aren't guaranteed invites back to the sororities they ranked as their bottom ones as well. They may not appear high enough on those sororities' invite lists. That's how PNMs end up with schedules that are not full, which is very common. This means some of your favorite chapters released you as did your less favorite chapters.
Every sorority at TCU is selective. Treat every everyone you meet with respect, interest and kindness. Just because you see a house is ranked "low" here doesn't mean they won't cut you for not being a nice or genuine person. No one HAS to invite you back.
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by: truth is correct
absolutely agree with you ^. I should have made that more clear.
No invitation is a guarantee- including those in your ranked list- and all invitations should be received graciously. Having less than a full schedule is not unusual.
Once recruitment is over no one cares about tiers. We are just happy that you are Greek. Give all groups a chance.
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by: Yes
I don't believe a good job of explanation is given to PNMS of this process before recruitment so thanks to whoever wrote this.
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by: Frog
by: G
Love this whole thread! Great advice about not worrying about who cut you.
Once you're cut, get over it quickly. If you spend half your parties being sad/distracted about why your favorite chapter cut you, you'll miss the opportunity to really get to know a new favorite! The chapters who invite you back each day are the ones who love you & want to know you better so focus on them each day!
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#10by: senior
Someone once gave me the advice to treat your invite list each day as if those are the only sororities at TCU... because for you, they now are. No sorority will ever return to an invite list once it drops off, so the best mindset is to treat each day's list as if you are beginning recruitment and those are the only chapters on campus. Choose from those and forget the rest exist.
Disappointment is real, and we aren't trying to minimize that feeling. However, the girls with the best recruitments are those who pick themselves up quickly and have a positive outlook no matter what comes their way. Plus, chapters are looking for future friends/happy PMNs. Not mopey people who are in a pity party.
by: Sis
by: Frog
The senior who wrote you above is wise. Once you join a house you will make friends. Once you get into class you will make friends with people in other houses. If you are given a bid to what you thought was your first choice it is not the end of the world because everyone mixes together in your major of study in the end. The further you go in your studies the more this is true.
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by: Hello
... chapters matter.) I know it seems a little confusing, I tried to explain it the best that I could, but I understand if someone is still confused. However, when you are going through recruitment you will have all of this explained to you and your rho gammas will be there to help you with any questions along the way.
Also, the order that you rank your houses that you "drop" matters EVERY DAY.
So on round one, your 1-9 do not have to be in a specific order but your 10-12 have to be in order of preference. Sometimes you may get your number 10 back if one of your "1-9" dropped you.
When I went through recruitment, I ranked my houses and I had a really hard time deciding whether to drop house "A" or "B". I dropped house "A" and after thinking about it I realized I made the wrong choice and should have dropped house "B" instead. When I saw my schedule the next day I saw that house "B" had dropped me and I actually got house "A" back so i was so relieved!!
Please ask any questions. Sorry this is all over the place
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