Question about COR
 

I was wondering, if a chapter is at total say for fall semester, and they pledged to quota during recruitment, and they have a group of women graduate in December and that drops them below total, would they participate in COR to fill the chapter to total again, or would they have to wait until formal recruitment to pledge more women?

when a chapter drops below total, they can recruit until they are back up to total.

if they are over total when formal recruitment begins and they do not pledge quota, they can pledge girls until they reach the quota figure, despite the fact that they are already over total.

Yes, they would be allowed to fill any open spots due to graduation (or whatever) that puts them under total. There may be exceptions to this rule (moratoriums during colonization recruitments perhaps?) but as a general rule, total is the magic number. Let's say total is 100 at our mythical campus.

Chapter ABC has 82 returning members and takes quota of 30, putting them over total at 112. Fifteen members graduate in December, leaving ABC with 97 members. ABC can then fill to total, meaning they can pledge three women. ABC can decide whether to conduct formal COR activities or quietly fill the few spots they have available at the start of the semester.

However, there is at least one school (Ohio State) that does NOT permit chapters to exceed total, regardless of the set FR quota number. So in this example, if ABC is at OSU and returns with 82 members, they can only take 18 during formal recruitment. No quota, no exceeding total, and then can only COR if they fall under total.