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Originally Posted by EE-BO
You are right RU OX Alum to an extent. Fraternities are not bound by the quota requirements imposed on sororities. But there are definitely internally defined boundaries about head count.
It is the approach that is different. A given fraternity might plan on accepting 40 pledges for their fall class. There is no external entity to make that a firm number as is the case with sorority quotas. But it is an internally determined number based on a variety of factors specific to the chapter and to any alumni who work with that chapter.
A top tier fraternity does not have any trouble getting good candidates, plus their financial budget is all they need to operate at a level they want. So the question is how to figure out the number of pledges needed to maintain that status- and then only take top candidates.
If a chapter sets their needs at 40 and gets there, and then at the last minute guy #41 who is a perfect fit comes along- they can easily make the class 41 pledges if they so desire. But they will only do that if the 41st person is an all-star candidate. Since they already have all the money and pledges they need, it makes no sense to take a chance on that 41st person by pledging someone they cannot be 100% comfortable with. If a chapter is king on campus and has all they need- it makes no sense to take even a small risk on somone whose history is not known to be suitable to the chapter.
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I agree with the not risking your chapter's status, but I'm still kind of confused. Say you could do that with 40 guys. But some of them are twins (just for the hypothetical) and so it's 46 guys total, or whatever. And then they meet other guys that they really want. Now, I know you all have those houses down there, so if they coulndn't all live there, I'd get it. But what if 55 people showed up for rush that you actually wanted to pledge, out of the 100 or however many that rush. Would you still not the 15 people?