Destination: Recruitment!

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

My answers in red.
I only know a little. Titchou knows all! Until she comes back, here's this:


First, a COB bid is made after recruitment has concluded. COB actually begins a week or two after formal recruitment ends.
Quota is set on pref day.
Total is a whole other thing.
I've probably already screwed up. I'll let someone else explain.

Strictly - Quota is the number of women that signed a bid card divided by the number of chapters.
It is usually set so that as many women as possible get their first choice and as many chapters a possible get quota.

Quota additions are made before snap bids. Someone that is a quota addition and the chapter (except for maybe Dir. Recruitment with a calculator) will never know who exactly which girls were QA only that the chapter pledged more than quota.

A chapter would usually only make a snap bid if they did not get quota. If they made quota but not total - it is usually better to wait and COB (after emotions have died down.) If they were below total even after QAs - a chapter MIGHT choose to try to snap bid, but this would usually be only to get a legacy or someone known to the chapter that had to drop out of recruitment for something like a death in the family or a major illness.

By the RFM agreements - total is recommended to be adjusted to be the average chapter size after formal recruitment. This happens about 2-3 weeks after formal recruitment is over. That way at any given time - roughly 40-50% of chapters would be below total and then would have the option of pursuing women for COB.

[AnchorAlumna]

Thank you, HQWest!!

[Missouri Ivy]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Strictly -
By the RFM agreements - total is recommended to be adjusted to be the average chapter size after formal recruitment. This happens about 2-3 weeks after formal recruitment is over. That way at any given time - roughly 40-50% of chapters would be below total and then would have the option of pursuing women for COB.

Is this in part to remove some of the stigma of chapters having to COB at some schools, while giving mid-size to smaller chapters an opportunity to catch up over several years? (Not saying anything is wrong with COB. I was a COB, and grateful to enjoy an extra semester instead of waiting for formal recruitment. But some groups definitely looked down their noses at chapters that COBed on my campus.)

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by Missouri Ivy

Is this in part to remove some of the stigma of chapters having to COB at some schools, while giving mid-size to smaller chapters an opportunity to catch up over several years? (Not saying anything is wrong with COB. I was a COB, and grateful to enjoy an extra semester instead of waiting for formal recruitment. But some groups definitely looked down their noses at chapters that COBed on my campus.)

Actually - I believe the rationale is to place as many women that may be interested in Greek Life as possible in chapters, and to allow smaller chapters to catch up.

I think some schools are more cautious with how much they raise total, because they want to be sure that they are retaining members.

[Pi29]

I'm making the assumption that England was ADPI, but what was Spain??

[carolinasister]

I didn't realize I had started a discussion on snap bidding! I knew a few girls from freshman year who had dropped out of recruitment even only after the second round and then reappeared on bid day with bid in hand to groups who had dropped them originally. Being the naive girl I was towards some of the aspects of recruitment, I had assumed it was the norm which is why I had considered dropping. Obviously, I'm glad I didn't do that!

Originally Posted by Pi29

I'm making the assumption that England was ADPI, but what was Spain??

Sorry, but I would rather not say as I know a lot of these GreekChat ladies are quite adept code-breakers. That's to say if they haven't figured it out already!