Advice please!!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Anytime you hear "we started with Xthousand girls and only 200 get bids" or something of the like, it's usually hyperbole put out by people who want to make the system seem more "exclusive" than it actually is.

Counted in that starting number, along with the things that thetygerlily mentioned, are the girls who filled out a rush app and couldn't go through because their grades were too low. In other words, they don't even START before they are cut - and it's not for anything intangible.

The amount of girls each sorority can take is not determined until (usually) Pref night - rush doesn't work like "each sorority can take 40 girls regardless of how many sign up."

Aren't there actually a few other ways to determine Quota? Or have all schools that do formal recruitment switched to the pref#/#ofchapters?

I'm thinking particularly of chapters with houses, or schools that do have ridiculous numbers of PNMs. Not that that negates your point.

I just realized you said "usually" *doh*

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Aren't there actually a few other ways to determine Quota? Or have all schools that do formal recruitment switched to the pref#/#ofchapters?

I'm thinking particularly of chapters with houses, or schools that do have ridiculous numbers of PNMs. Not that that negates your point.

I just realized you said "usually" *doh*

There are some schools that still bed rush. There might be a VERY FEW schools that say (regardless of housing space) "you may not have more than x members" but AFAIK NPC has been trying to eradicate that isht, as it completely goes against the total/quota system.

But basically....if you have ridic #s of PNMs, you'll have ridic big pledge classes. That's when you open for expansion.