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Carnation,
Yes, that does seem extreme and so hurtful in many ways. I was a collegiate in '78 and, although I didn't know a lot at the time about NPC rules, I don't think there were many. Rush (as it was called at the time) at my school, and the rules that governed it, was left to the whim of the Panhellenic Advisor. Most years, she set quota based on the number of girls who signed up for rush, and it never changed, regardless of how many dropped (or were dropped) during the week. This was very hard on the smaller chapters and lead to the ultimate demise of one of them, simply because there were not enough girls left at the end of the week for everyone to get quota.
I am so encouraged every time I read a thread on this board where a campus Panhellenic has worked hard to try to ensure that all groups had the same opportunity to get quota and that all PNM's had a better than even chance to find a greek home. There may be work left to do in improving the Recruitment experience for everyone, but we have come such a long way.
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