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Originally posted by lauradav
James, a lot of the schools that have 400 women get cut from rush don't use the quota total system and that is why the women get cut. IU is one example of a system that doesn't use Q/T and why NPC recommends using the Q/T system.
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laura, let me see if I have straight what you are saying. In a "pure" quota/total system, total is set after the time frame to drop out of rush has ended. Strictly by numbers: 200 girls rushing, 10 sororities, quota is 20. Period, even if every sorority is overflowing. But at IU, are you saying if ABC has only 5 spots open and XYZ has 30 spots open, the amount they can take is different, even in formal rush?
Guys - y'all can figure out all those baseball statistics you should be able to get this.
Seriously, the quota/total system does work ON PAPER. It is possible to give every woman a bid, whether it is a bid to a group she wants is another story. If we were in a perfect world, all the sororities would be even and this system would be wonderful, but of course we have things like prestige, etc etc enter into it. It works pretty much the way it's supposed to at smaller schools with smaller systems. The smaller groups at my campus usually benefited from q/t.
If your group is smaller, you HAVE to COB - you HAVE to have open bid parties all year - you HAVE to rush 24/7/365. Yes, it is kind of a pain when you see the larger groups get quota and then forget about it for the rest of the year, but if you are COBing you also have the advantage of getting a lot of women who may have never gone Greek otherwise.