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We can harp on total and quota and such, but it works. Allow me to provide two examples.

1) At my university, when I went through recruitment, there were 10 sororities. The two largest were at about 45 members, with total being 60. Nobody ever reached 60, so nobody worried about total. Now, if you go back to my university today, quota is only 52, and about 3 of the 10 sororities have hit total. Quota is still enforced. But the funny thing is, that one of the two that was biggest in 1993 when I rushed is now nearly defunct. And two sororities that really sucked in 1993 are now huge. How does that happen? I can't explain it, but I know that lowering total helped them pick up women that couldn't go to the larger groups, and thus ALL groups grow.

2) At the university where D Phi E just colonized, there are four sororities. Two have been there for awhile, another is about 4 years old, and we're about 5 months old. The two well established groups have about 50-55 members each. The four year old group has 65, with total being 52. By having a total on their chapters, they afforded an opportunity for another group to join the campus and be competitive. In their fifth month, our group is nearing 35 members, with more than 2 months until chartering.

Let's face it, if you're in a big group, you're not hip to quota and total and those cuts you have to make after your first round of parties to make the percentages equal. If you're smaller, you want that system, because it enables you to grow despite your smaller size. I'm in complete agreement with TriSigmaTX. Despite the competition that recruitment often generates, I want ALL sororities to succeed. And by providing an environment where this is working is what NPC is doing.

Fraternity rush at my school was a free for all. The guys had keg parties for like 2 weeks, and the fraternity who could serve the most beer basically won the recruitment competition. If that's all recruitment is about, count me out. Also, fraternity rush sells so many things...our fraternities have beer, girls, among other things at all of their recruitment parties. Nobody really shows the brotherhood aspect or the community service aspect. Could just be my campus, but I doubt it.

Anyways, a lot of this is rambling, but I'm a big proponent of quota and total. It works to keep 26 groups healthy and strong.