Friday's "Fun" Fiasco

Last night, I came home from teaching a spin class only to find my roommates arguing about who each of them was going to bring to their sorority date function this Friday night. My friend Charlotte was particularly struggling. She had three options: bring a roommate, a set-up, or one of our guy friends. In a logical (but somewhat superficial way), I suggested she rank her potential dates based on how much fun she thought she would have with each of them. But before I suggested this, our roommates who would also be in attendance at the event cast their ranked votes on who Charlotte should bring (1 being first choice and 3 being last choice): 

                    Roommate    Set-Up    Guy Friend

Sadie                   1                2                3

Cait                     2                3                1

Annika                1                3                2

Grace                  3                1                2

Bella                   2                1                3

Based on what we've discussed in class, I suggested Charlotte use the Borda Method to determine the group's preferences (apparently, she does not care in the slightest herself the outcome...). She assigned a first place ranking 3 points, a second place ranking 2 points, and a third place ranking 1 point. If we look at everyone's totaled preferences:

Roommate: 3 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 11

Set-Up: 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 10

Guy Friend: 1 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 9

The Condorcet winner as determined by Borda's Method in this case would be Charlotte bringing one of our lovely roommates...needless to say I am excited to attend the date function on Friday!