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Originally Posted by irishpipes

Each chapter determines its own "quota" based on the number of available beds in their house. This number is not calculated with any regard to the number of PNMs going through recruitment. So, if a sorority has 30 seniors graduate, they have 30 open spots. The physical houses at IU vary in size greatly, so the size of the chapters do also. Tri-delta might have 25 spots while ADPi might have 80. In any case, there tend to be WAY more PNMs vying for spots then there are spots available.

In a "normal" system, if there are 800 PNMs attending preference parties, and 19 chapters, each chapter will try to take a quota of 42. If there isn't space to live in the house, live somewhere else. At IU, if there are 800 PNMs attending pref and the available bed spots total to 450, 350 PNMs are just out of luck. This creates a lot of resentment among those PNMs who are left out after completing the process.

Ouch. So theoretically, a chapter could have all of its seniors decide they want to stay for a 5th year and a second degree and end up with a quota of zero?