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I come from a 5-chapter campus too. There are three sororities about at ceiling (50 gals), one in the 30s, and a smaller one. These sororities have held the same "ranks" since 1995 when I rushed. I'll grant that one of these smaller chapters is hurt by not having a house. The other smallish chapter is a local, which greatly appeals to some girls but not to others.
For the last formal rush, quota was 8. Two houses got 8, the other big one got 6, and the other two got 0 and 1.
But I think there is something going badly wrong with rush on our campus, and I don't know that I want to attribute it to the quota system. In the last rush, 120 girls signed up, and only 60 showed up for the first day of rush. Numbers dropped even further from there - as I said, quota was 8.
I don't know if I think quotas and ceilings are good or bad. I think girls and chapters should be able to choose each other freely; on the other hand, I like that the formal rush system makes rushees consider each house. I just think that the goal of "equality" sure isn't being met by the current system. Girls might not get into the chapter of their choice - and they generally end up non-Greek rather than accepting somewhere else.
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