Quota Plus

[DartmouthPanhel]

Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor

This is the best explanation on this and absolutely correct. At the University I advise at the quota additions are given to the smallest Chapters. So if a PNM has ABC as choice number 1 and XYZ as choice number 2 and ABC is smaller than XYZ then the PNM goes to XYZ even though it was her second choice.

Just so a PNM doesn't read this an freak out. A chapter can't "pull" you from your first choice group. You will not be placed in your 2nd choice XYZ unless you were not matched with you 1st choice ABC.

Also, I think AXOrushadvisor may have switched her chapter names. If, at her school, smaller chapters are given the benefit of the quota addition (and here I assume she means smaller in terms of total, not how many they pulled during the current recruitment cycle) then I think she meant to say that...

XYZ is the smaller chapter, and so even though the PNM "preffed" ABC first, she will likely be quota-added to XYZ.

At my school quota additions have more to do with how the PNM is ranked by the chapter. We try not to go too far down the chapter's list, and we also (generally) try to make most of our quota adds the PNM's first choice. If a PNM appears about the same amount below the quota cut-off for two houses, we go with her top choice. *the priorities of quota addition (beefing up smaller chapters, PNM choice, chapter choice, etc.) are at the discretion of the CPH's recruitment team, advisor and RFM specialist.

*also, I don't know if this has been noted, but quota additions shouldn't be more than 5% of quota (rounded up). For most chapters this amounts to 1-4 women.

Interestingly enough, quota additions can mean that a women who is ranked lower on her "preffed" chapter's list can get a bid, when a woman who is ranked higher did not.

Finally--and I'm sorry for the lengthy post-- Quota Additions DO NO EQUAL Snap Bids DO NOT EQUAL Open Bids

Quota additions are at the discretion of the Panhellenic Recruitment team (generally the CPH's president and VP Recruitment, the CPH advisor, and the RFM specialist). A chapter can not reject a quota addition.

Snap bids are given by the chapter, during recruitment but after quota matching, when the chapter does not make quota (and only then). It is commonly believed that snap bids can only be given to women on a chapter's final pref list. This is not the case, snap bids can be given to any woman who participated in at least 1 round of recruitment and was not given a bid to another chapter.

Open bids are given at any time that IS NOT formal recruitment time.