ADPiTigergurl, it's been 12 years since I was Rho Chi/Pi Chi but it's my understanding that quota is the set number (like you said) and if a chapter is still under total, they can take more to get them to chapter total. To use round numbers, if quota is 50, chapter total is 200, current active count is 130 and with the new PNM quota they would only have 180, they could get an additional 20 PNMs to get to 200. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I believe Gamma Phi at Alabama did this last year (a national record pledge class) to get closer to chapter total.
In terms of do they take the girl's top pick or the chapter's top pick. it's a computer cross match and they're trying to match as many girls as possible. It's probably some of both but a girl isn't usually pulled from ABC (her #1 house) just because she was high on DEF's list and they need more girls. If girls can be placed in their top choice, that's ideal. Some of these might even be snap bids.
Am I helping at all?
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