Whats the difference bewteen quota and campus total?

[WestcoastWonder]

Hello! I'm a little confused.



What is the difference between quota and campus total from my understanding, campus total is the ideal # of girls for each sorority. and if a chapter is under this number they can continue to take girls in addition to quota until they reach it. And quota is the number of new members that Panhellenic sororities can accept during formal recruitment.

So for example if at GreekChat University the quota is 50 and campus total is 135, and Alpha Beta Gamma sorority gets 50 girls during formal recruitment, does that mean they can keep recruiting girls until they reach 135?


Still very confused! Anyone care to explain?

[IndianaSigKap]

Campus total is the amount of women each sorority is allowed to have.

Quota is the total amount of new members each chapter is allowed to take. Then there are quota additions. The QAs are women who attended a preference, maximized their options and were placed in one of the chapters they ranked after the chapter's bid list was full. This is done to match as many women as possible into the Greek system.

A chapter can go over total if making quota puts them over total. For example, ABC has 80 members because they had a small graduating class and a large sophomore class. Campus total is 100. Due to a large number of PNMs going through recruitment, quota is 30. If ABC makes quota of 30, they will have 110 members and will be over the total of 100.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by WestcoastWonder

So for example if at GreekChat University the quota is 50 and campus total is 135, and Alpha Beta Gamma sorority gets 50 girls during formal recruitment, does that mean they can keep recruiting girls until they reach 135?

If ABC makes quota at 50 but is still below campus total 0f 135, they are allowed to COB until they reach campus total. In fact, many national organizations encourage their chapters to be at campus total and will encourage the chapter to COB until they reach total.

[WestcoastWonder]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

If ABC makes quota at 50 but is still below campus total 0f 135, they are allowed to COB until they reach campus total. In fact, many national organizations encourage their chapters to be at campus total and will encourage the chapter to COB until they reach total.

Oh ok! This answered my question and now I get it! Thank you!

[DubaiSis]

It can be confusing. It SHOULD work that chapter total is the average of every chapter's total membership after formal rush every year, so that approximately half of the chapters will be over total and half will be under. At a very well balanced school, that would mean total is something like 150 (random #, not a perfect chapter size, cuz that doesn't exist) and the range would be from 145 to 155 but most of the chapters are within 1 or 2 of 150. Then they're doing COB but nothing extensive.

But change is hard and some schools just can't see changing total from "what it's always been" as though one number is the right number for total, regardless of real life. Part of RFM is to adjust the numbers to accommodate THIS YEAR. And that's IMO a big part of why there has been so much growth. And when a system goes through a down period, total will adjust again, which should keep chapters from having to close just because interest has waned.