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When you're talking SEC, many of the chapters go in to rush above total, and so getting quota is their only opportunity to increase their numbers. If they take a sophomore, that person is going to be gone in 3 years instead of 4, and due to being over total, they wouldn't be able to replace that person.
Let's see if I can put together a simple example.
Total = 10
Quota = 5
XYZ is at 15
That means, going into recruitment, they can take 5 more, putting them at 20.
Next year, total is still 10, quota is still 5, they're at 15 due to graduating 5 srs. They take 5 and are now at 20 again.
This pattern repeats, only that first year, they took a sophomore, who graduated in 3 years. That means that they had 6 graduate, and quota is only 5. They're still above total, so 5 is all they can take, so they end up with only 19 this year.
Now, multiply the above scenario by 20 and you've got the situation at many SEC schools.
ETA: Theoretically, if you have enough groups over total (and therefore not willing to take sophs for the purpose of staying over total), you should be looking into raising total...but I get the distinct impression that it would be easier to get an edict from God than change total at some of these schools.
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Last edited by AlphaFrog; 10-03-2007 at 12:30 PM.
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