Update on Nebraska
 

Total was raised by 7 this year b/c there were over 650 girls going through rush this year.

As stated before, Alpha Phi was the first to fill their NM class, but they had to stop short at 39 b/c they reached total. I've also heard that PiPhi made quota, but haven't heard an exact #.

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Theta had to stop at 37 b/c they reached total as well.

Gamma Phi Beta took 68 girls.. I heard Pi Phi made quota (but I do not know how many girls they pledged), Theta took 40 girls... and that Delta Gamma cut really hard during ice waters, which may have hurt them (those were the two shockers I heard)... That is all I heard... and of course, I could be wrong about any of this...
is that at fsu???
i am surprised if DG only took in 40 girls...
i know my axo's took in like 66 or something.
love
ashley

Ashley, I understand that DG made quota... It was Theta that pledged 40 (+/-)... I heard that DG cut heavily after ice waters, so some people wondered, in future parties when other GLOs had 70 girls per party, DG had about 40... (but only because DG cut PNMs heavily)... This is all through the grapevine only... It could be off!

Quota at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville was 48, and Pi Phi has 48 new angels!

I just received the recruitment results from the U of Arizona. Quota was 57. Nine of twelve chapters filled quota: AEPhi, Alpha Phi, ChiO, DG, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa, Theta, Pi Phi, and SK.
584 women received bids.

Quota at Lafayette College was 19 this year and there were no quota additions. We had 167 women sign up for recruitment, 54 dropped out, and 26 were not matched. Four houses made quota: Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Pi Beta Phi. Alpha Gam and Tri-Delta did not make quota. Alpha Gam got 7 new members from formal recruitment and so far, 3 COB's have signed. All of the houses were eligible for COB due to the large number of women dropping out from recruitment, but I don't know how the other chapters did through COB yet. I think formal recruitment went pretty smoothly this year because our new greek advisor made sure that all of the NPC rules were followed and there was no playing favorites.

Quota at Northeastern State University (Oklahoma) was 25. AOII extended 20 bids, Alpha Sigma Alpha made quota, Delta Zeta extended got quota plus 3 for a total of 28 and my chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma got quota plus 4 with everyone accepting!@

[B] (Original post by DWAlphaGam on 8/23/02)
Barbara,
Thank you so much for that explanation! I was never VP Recruitment or involved in the bid matching process or anything so I wasn't entirely sure how it worked.

So I guess they don't have to wait until all chapters meet quota in order to do quota additions? I can see how that benefits the new members by matching them where they want to be, but it really hurts the smaller chapters, because those women who weren't matched originally are no longer available for snap bidding (not that anyone has accepted a snap bid at my school in at least the past 5 years or so).

I may have more questions later...
(Original post by DWAlphaGam on 8/23/02)[B]

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Actually chapters can take quota additions even if the other sororities did not make quota. I know of an instance where this happened last week. All 6 of the sororities made quota except one. However, three of the sororities that got quota, were allowed to add two. It is mind boggling to think this is allowed, particularly since one sorority did not meet quota at all. Any thoughts?

This frequently happens on campuses where they guarantee placement for all PNMs finishing recruitment.

I have never heard of Quota Additions before. Could this be the same thing as snap bidding after bids are handed out? That could always be done until the group reached campus total.

No, quota additions happen during formal bid matching. Snap bids are done after formal bid matching is over and unmatched PNMs are available to be bid.

Quota for New Mexico State Univ. was 30. That is an all time record.

Barbara, you are right...our school does have it set where all girls who finish formal recruitment should "have a place." That explains the reason why some chapters took quota additions even though one chapter did not make quota. Could someone elaboarte on snap bidding? At our school, I didn't think any person going through recruitment (who did not get a Bid) could receive a bid for a full year after Bid Day was done....

If a woman completes Formal Recruitment and does not receive a bid, she is eligible to recieve a snap bid from any group that did not fill quota OR is not at campus total. Snap bids are distributed after formal bid matching has ended.

If a woman completes Formal Recruitment, receives a bid and does not accept that bid, she is barred from accepting an invitation for membership for a full calendar year.

Hope that clarifies things.

I just helped with formal recruitment at our colony in Indiana. 105 women signed up for recruitment...only 53 showed up on the first night. It was sad. Quota ended up being 13. Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Zeta and Gamma Phi Beta ended up with quota.