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First off. Since some chapters had lower quotas due to violations, how was quota set for those chapters? And was this quota made known prior to rush to both the chapters and the rushees?
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Quota was set arbitrarily by the Director of Greek Affairs and the Greek Affairs Office; houses could appeal if they wanted to. Houses found out what quota was right before rush started as guys had up until the day before to sign up for rush. Rushees were not explicitly told what quota was; some probably found out from Greek members anyway.
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If I'm following this, the 15% represents the percentage a chapter could pledge from the original number of guys. So as an example, if there were 100 guys who entered rush, then any one chapter could only bid up to 15 men. Is this correct?
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Yes. Men's rush worked out this year so that EXACTLY 200 men registered for rush; that's why quota was 30.
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Also if you were to add the percentage for each chapter, did they total (equal) 100%? Granted I don't know what the lower percentage are for those chapters with violations, but the numbers don't add up. 15% times 11 chapters equals 165%. In other words, if there was 100 men in rush, it seems like six chapters could get their 15% (15 members) which would be a total of 90 out of 100 men rushing. Then a seventh chapter could get the remaining ten members to equal the full 100 men rushing. This would leave the remaining four chapters with zero pledges.
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This year's quota percentage was figured with the previous knowledge that some houses had racked up violations that prevented them from reaching quota and also that some houses make/made it known that they aren't necessarily willing to take in that many guys, since some of the fraternities at DePauw cut more heavily than others.
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As for the second and third rounds, did each chapter have a series of set parties, or just "open house" type parties? For example, if the rushee received and was interested in ABC, was his invite for a specific time only? Or could the rushee come by "whenever" and/or stay for as long as he wanted?
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Rushees were given a specific schedule of house what they were to be at and what time they were to be there, DePauw's rush is ran through the ICS system which has had its bugs at DePauw. So, yes, the invite was for a specific time only as houses had a say in how large their 2nd and 3rd rounds could be. Example: if a house had 60 guys coming back for 2nd round, they could decide if they wanted to have 5 rounds of 12 or 3 rounds of 20; most fraternities choose to have near 20 for 2nd and 3rd rounds at DePauw. There was an enforced time limit of 45 minutes for 2nd round and an hour for 3rd round; a group of guys would all enter the house at the same time and then leave the house at the same time after the round was over. Houses could rack up fines depending on how much over the regulated time they kept rushees on property.
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Also, did everybody that showed up to third rounds get a bid because of some sort of guaranteed placement or did it just happened to work out that way?
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This was purely luck; in past years there have been guys who went to houses third round that did not get a bid from any house at all. My freshman year there was 2, and last year there was 1 (I'm a junior now.) Most times, if houses really don't want somebody in their house they will have cut them by 2nd round.
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And finally, do the IFCs continue to rush the rest of the year?
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In the Spring, houses have a few days after the end of formal rush in which they can extend open bids, but after that there's no more joining through the end of the school year. In the Fall semester a few houses usually give out open bids to guys who for some reason or another couldn't/didn't join their house during the Spring; freshmen are not allowed to receive open bids in the fall.
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Thanks.
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You're welcome. At times it's really easy to think that every school does rush the same but this is obviously not the case.
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