[USChica06]

There are 9 sororities here. A PNM goes to four the first day, and five the next day.

Through mutual elimination 9 is narrowed to 6 (or less).

Then to 4.

Then to two which is preference.

Then one.

It is a rule that a PNM must go to all of her "parties" if she wishes to recieve a bid overall. If she misses even one, she is eliminated from rush and is not allowed to recieve a bid for one full year, so no COBing. This means going to the ones she does not care for. Even at preference.

However, I think USC takes it a little too far in that if a sorority extends a bid to you, you MUST accept it. Maybe this is the same everywhere else. If you don't you are not allowed to COB that year and must wait a year to rush again. So, if a PNM is in love with ABC and can't stand XYZ, she must accept the bid for XYZ.

There's even a process in that if the PNM ranks ABC one and XYZ two, but ABC ranks her in the second group and XYZ ranks her in the first group, then she will join XYZ despite her obvious preference to ABC.