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Originally Posted by SoCalGirl
Now that we've had a more thorough explanation of QA I have mixed feelings about the process. In the old school days if a girl failed to match to any of her top choices she either didn't go greek or started to consider other chapters in COB or as a snap bid. Chapters that were smaller (and may have had added stigma just because they were smaller) had a better shot at these girls and turning their numbers around. Now NPC leans more towards favoring the PNM instead of the chapters. I guess they'd rather have fewer chapters that are bigger than more chapters that are smaller. The way I see it is that if a smaller chapter is struggling, QAs takes a sizable chunk of their PNMs out the equation.  Which really stinks because we've all heard stories or have sisters that end up in houses that they would never want to be in only to find they'd never want to be any where else! |
I can definitely see where you are coming from on this one. I always thought that way as well. However, now that campuses are implementing the new RFM, we are achieving greater parity amongst the chapters - meaning more of them are pledging quota, and the ones who miss are much closer than they have been in the past. QAs are rarely more than a few, 1-4 per chapter in a large system. Exceptions are made based on chapter size - meaning chapters who started out in recruitment with numbers on the lower end might receive more QAs to bring them closer to the average size. And the RFM process funnels PNMs their way anyway. If the chapter is doing a good job recruiting, having meaningful conversations with their PNMs, and showing enthusiasm about the recruitment process, PNMs will find them desirable and want to join.
When you make the suggestion that PNMs who are placed as QAs to strong chapters would have otherwise considered COB with weak chapters, I think that would only encompass a few women. Just as some women want to suicide because they would never want to be part of another group, they would never accept a COB invitation. So then we have to decide what is more important - the smallest chapter COB'ing one or two more people who mismatched; or placing 10 mismatches as QAs in larger chapters and increasing the size of the Greek system and making 10 women happy and excited to be part of it.