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Originally posted by PnguinTrax
Women pledged through COB before Formal Recruitment begins should not be considered as part of Formal Recruitment Quota. They should only count towards overal chapter total.
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True... but here is what I was thinking:
Let's say formal recruitment is held in January.
Before FR, XYZ is below total and therefore eligible to extend COBs. They identify two great women and bid them in, say, late November. Both women accept, but because of finals, holidays, and such, decide to hold off on beginning the formal pledging process. (Or, they have their new member ceremonies, but are told they will receive their NM education and be initiated with the spring class.)
At the end of FR, XYZ extends 24 bids. (I'll assume all were accepted.)
So, XYZ now has a new member class of 26: 24 from FR and 2 from COB. At first glance, it looks like they went over quota.
My chapter did have a situation where a woman we bid in the spring took the summer to decide and then pledged with the class from fall formal rush. But we were far enough under both quota and total that it wasn't an issue.
I have no idea if that's what happened here, but it could happen... but it wouldn't be a result of special accommodations made for legacies.