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Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush
So on bid day Awkward Alpha now makes quota plus with a bunch of new members who would rather not be Greek than commit social suicide by joining that chapter. Panhellenic and the NPC can pat themselves on the back for a job well done. EVERYONE MADE QUOTA! But what happens behind the scenes and is never mentioned is that only half of those new members show up to bid day, and after a few weeks of seeing what it really means to be an Awkward Alpha in the university caste system, only half of those who show up to bid day end up sticking it out until initiation. So Awkward Alpha ends up with the same (and sometimes even fewer) number of new members as they would have using the old system plus those new members get to deal with a bunch of unhappy pledge sisters with bad attitudes and the constant news of who has dropped this week. Awkward Alpha continues to COB now, and does better with that as they always did before RFM, but always remains well below total.
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I think this every time that someone mentions that EVERY CHAPTER MADE QUOTA at some school, because this exact scenario replays itself year after year at one particular chapter at my own school, which is only a mildly competitive northern school where recommendations are few and far between. I feel that in some ways, the RFM system where PNMs see the "Awkward Alpha" back on their schedule day after day when they've tried to cut them after each round garners actually makes the situation worse. The PNM feels increasing frustration towards the chapter for keeping them on; thus, the PNM is unlikely to warm up towards the chapter as recruitment wears on.
The above scenario may be the cause of PNMs being rude to one particular chapter. My own campus's Panhellenic instituted a rule where if you are very rude you can be kicked out of recruitment in entirety, but that still only does so much. Is there a solution? I'm honestly unsure. But I will say that it rankles me when I hear that because of RFM, ALL CHAPTERS MAKE QUOTA INCLUDING THE CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING ONE. While RFM did work for me, as I don't think I would have given my own "mid-tier" chapter (though I obviously don't look at my own chapter as mid-tier...I'm just illustrating campus sentiment) a shot without it. But my chapter is not the one struggling constantly. I am interested to see what others think about this.