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Originally Posted by violetpretty
At some schools, quota was set either at the beginning or after the first or second round, instead of after preference, quota being the number of PNMs divided by the number of chapters. The problem with this is that it doesn't account for any PNMs dropping out of recruitment. So if you have 500 PNMs signed up and 10 chapters, quota would have been 50, and it still would have been 50 if the pool of PNMs shrinks to 400, when it should be 40.
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The result: a large number of PNMs did drop out when the bigger chapters finally made their cuts. As I've mentioned before, it resulted in huge quotas but only the bigger groups took quota and the smaller groups struggled and had to COB all year.
As I've also mentioned, the old system allowed more people to get their perceived first choice but seems to have also resulted in the glut of legacies we face now.