[aephi alum]

My understanding of "guaranteed placement" with NPC sororities is that if a PNM follows the rules, maximizes her invitations, and fills out her pref card completely, listing all sororities whose pref parties she attended, she will get a bid. It may not be from her first choice sorority. (ETA: She does not have to accept the bid, but if she does not, she cannot accept a bid from another NPC sorority for one year.) If a PNM does come through recruitment and is a nightmare, she'll be released by all sororities prior to pref, and accordingly will not receive a bid. No sorority would have her forced on them.

One of the characteristics of GLOs is selective membership. Each chapter has the right to choose which PNMs to invite to the invitational rounds of formal recruitment (including the order of their bid lists) and which PNMs to offer bids to during informal recruitment.

So if my understanding of "guaranteed placement" is what the administration has in mind, that's fine. But if anyone can come along and sign up for rush and it's stipulated that they must receive a bid no matter how nightmarish they are or how low their GPA is - no way.