Quota Additions at Super Competitive Schools

[sherrybaby]

Originally Posted by Jen

I just wish PNMs would get better explanations of ranking chapters. They don't seem to be told that ranking chapters does NOT necessarily mean you are cutting chapters. So many PNMs think they're cutting when they aren't - I think explaining that the "cuts" they do only apply if they get invited to more parties than they can attend might clarify a lot of the confusion when the chapter they "cut" keeps inviting them back and they have to go.

I think this is exactly the problem on my campus. Misinformation in general has resulted in a lot of issues. When ranking the bottom two, one Rho Chi explained that ranking a chapter second to last meant we wouldn't mind seeing them again, but ranking them last meant we didn't want to see them again, with an implication that we wouldn't have to. I feel like the surprise of seeing a chapter they thought they dropped in place of a chapter they wanted made girls grumble a lot more in line at some parties - which made girls who actually liked that chapter feel nervous that this was a "bad" chapter and not want to rank it highly.

This happens with the whole suiciding/not suiciding/girls not showing up to bid day at small chapters issue, too. One of our Rho Chis was told by Panhel that they couldn't allow girls to suicide no matter what. So they were telling us the typical story that ranking a small chapter instead of leaving it off would result in someone having a better chance at super chapter, or "the computer will count you twice so you have twice the chances at the chapter you like" or something similar. When a girl is disappointed but prepared for the reality, she might go to bid day to give a chapter a chance. When she is shocked and dismayed, she is more likely to flee in tears and not show up - she hasn't had time to think through what she would do in the situation because she didn't expect it.

I know that having everyone not suicide results in more girls with bids and more chapters seeming to get total, so panhel can pat itself on the back, so I get why panhel does this - I just think it results in a lot of unnecessary resentment by girls who end up in chapters that they won't even show up to on Bid Day.