As if you weren't already sick of the quota questions....

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by UofISigKap

There is talk about snapping up or COR to quota and/or total, but what about the chapters who are above total? I'm wondering if the "no shows" can cause number problems with chapters who are still over total after the no shows are removed? (I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but please correct me if I'm wrong.)

For example, let's say total is 100, and a chapter has 85 before recruitment. The quota is set at 25. By matching quota w/ 25, the chapter should now at 110. Wh00t, above total, great! However, let's say for whatever reason 10 women decide to not pick up their bids and walk away, dropping the NM class to 15 women. Because the chapter size is actually at the total mark of 100 with the 15 new members, the chapter can't fill the now open 10 spots with women who would want to be a member, right?

It is my understanding that immediately following Formal Recruitment, every chapter is entitled to Snap or COR to quota, regardless of whether that would put them above total. If their pre-recruitment numbers + quota still doesn't equal total, then they're entitled to COR to total after Formal Recruitment. Where total really comes into play is during non-Formal-Recruitment semesters, when you may only COR to total.

So if total's this huge, pie-in-the-sky number like it is at my alma mater, then nobody ever hits total with Formal Recruitment and everybody's CORing constantly. But if you reliably match quota and Formal Recruitment always puts you above total, like at the chapter I currently advise, then you don't continue to COR after Formal Recruitment is over.