Does anyone at NYU understand ABRA bidding? Forum

[270910]

Sounds like the opposite of commie pink shit. I like it.

[sophie316]

It encourages you to play chicken by bidding just barely what you think a class will clear for, instead of declaring actual preferences. If there's a class you want so bad you'd take whatever else was left to get it, you should bid almost all your points, as that would be your real preference. But because any allotted points over the clearing price are wasted, it's to your advantage to shave your bid as close as you think you safely can.

I thought that the point was that say you bid 700 points on class A and 300 on class B and you get class A at only 150 points you can then rebid the 300+(700-150) on class B during add/drop?

[badfish]

wish i had seen this thread a few days ago...

[Renzo]

It encourages you to play chicken by bidding just barely what you think a class will clear for, instead of declaring actual preferences. If there's a class you want so bad you'd take whatever else was left to get it, you should bid almost all your points, as that would be your real preference. But because any allotted points over the clearing price are wasted, it's to your advantage to shave your bid as close as you think you safely can.

I thought that the point was that say you bid 700 points on class A and 300 on class B and you get class A at only 150 points you can then rebid the 300+(700-150) on class B during add/drop?

Yeah, but that seems like a door prize to me. Who's going to drop a class that had a high clearing price, and if the answer is almost nobody, what good is having a bunch of points for add/drop?

[sophie316]

Yeah, but that seems like a door prize to me. Who's going to drop a class that had a high clearing price, and if the answer is almost nobody, what good is having a bunch of points for add/drop?

Yeah I think it's only useful if you only want one class that fills up during the first round of bidding. Seems like for some classes the only way to get in in round 2 is to have had literally no points deducted during round 1.

In theory tho I feel like you can probably get almost any class you want if you're determined enough to do every single add/drop, go to the first class meeting, talk to the prof etc etc. But I could be wrong.

[zanda]

wish i had seen this thread a few days ago...

the deadline is not until tomorrow...

[amc]

The system sucks, but @ least as a JD you have three years over which to spread your classes. Try being a one-year LLM student double concentrating in p'ship and estate tax.... The easiest solution I can see is just watching the bid page and making last minute adjustments on bid closing day (that would be today). I know "they" recommend against finalizing bids past Friday, but clearly that's just dumb advice. So, points aside, if you have a 112 seat class that has 86 total bids when bidding closes, you're going to get the class for free. If, on the other hand, you're bidding on a 35 seat class that has 38 primary bids and a dozen alternates, you'd better add some damn points to your bid and be quick about it.

(Bidding was still open as of 6 a.m., and I had to make some adjustments based on shifts in bidding over the weekend. The bar exam prevents me from obsessing more, but I'm assuming there are at least a couple more hours to switch bids.)

[spondee]

I heard last year ABRA was a nightmare, and yet most people received the classes they wanted by the time the semester began.

[CG614]

Does this game come in XBOX?

[Sakura3210]

I'm bumping this out of frustration. I bid all my points to one class, with one alternative and get locked out of BOTH classes?!? That's just messed up.

[BaiAilian2013]

I'm bumping this out of frustration. I bid all my points to one class, with one alternative and get locked out of BOTH classes?!? That's just messed up.

I heard of this happening to one other person - what were your two classes?

[sophie316]

I'm bumping this out of frustration. I bid all my points to one class, with one alternative and get locked out of BOTH classes?!? That's just messed up.

I heard of this happening to one other person - what were your two classes?

I didnt get either of my top 2 choices last year but eventually got in. I don't know anyone who didn't get what they wanted if they persisted in trying.

[Sakura3210]

I'm bumping this out of frustration. I bid all my points to one class, with one alternative and get locked out of BOTH classes?!? That's just messed up.

I heard of this happening to one other person - what were your two classes?

Con law and Property.

I didnt get either of my top 2 choices last year but eventually got in. I don't know anyone who didn't get what they wanted if they persisted in trying.

Well, that's good to hear. Hope it ends up being the same case this year.