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Originally posted by AnchorAlumna
Wow! These are the most intelligent analyses of recruitment (AKA rush) that I have ever seen!
I believe Auburn is trying out this way of setting quota this year. Any comments here from Auburn Tigers? AEPhi alum, does this system work better?
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What we did last fall was revamp the release figures. Basically, if "top-tier" chapters (and/or chapters closest to campus total) had girls they knew they probably weren't going to extend bids to, they had to go on and release them earlier. It meant that girls weren't thinking that they just might be an ABC when that group knew she just didn't have that "ABC sparkle" that they wanted from everyone they pledged. That way PNM's weren't going to XYZ, ABC, and LMN for pref, ranking them in that order because XYZ and ABC were top-tier and LMN wasn't, but getting a bid from LMN.
The way I summed it up for my mom when she asked about it was "We're not going to be catching XYZ's leftovers." Meaning that we weren't going to be preffing girls that had wanted another sorority so badly she'd have suicided them pref night if they hadn't cut her. We were going to be preffing girls who had been cut from XYZ and ABC, but had still gone to other group's parties and decided she still wanted to find another home.
Which is not to say that we don't cross-pref with top chapters.
It's just easier on us when we know a girl's not coming to us with her heart set on something else.