Guaranteed Placement, any thoughts?

[Nhfulmer]

It has been some time since I participated in bid matching and they were just beginning to implement "quota plus" at that time. The GLO I advised was the smallest and the weakest on that campus at the time and it seemed to me that the system did nothing to help us and everything to make the larger groups keep growing.

It has always been my opinion that recruitment (rush) should be a process where both the PNM's and the sororities mutually "cut" and eventually should reach a point where the PNM has found a "home" where she is wanted. Just because a girl is on the final bid list doesn't mean that she will receive a bid from that group -- she may be the last name on the second list.

While I value my membership, I knew when I began the process that there was a chance I either would not get the group I wanted or even not get a bid at all -- it was a chance I was willing to take! I can only think of one thing worse than not getting a bid and that is being in a group where I was not wanted.

It may sound cruel but everyone will not get a bid and that experience is just one more that will prepare them for the "real world".

[AlphaXiGirl]

Originally posted by houstonchica
Is it correct then that if you are invited to just one pref party and you attend that one party that you are guaranteed a bid as long as you have attended the maximum number or parties each day?

The answer is yes. At least at UT.

In practice, I doubt that it's done often because (except in the case where a PNM is "playing the game" and tries to be released from a group that she doesn't want a bid from) in most cases - and I know that I am making some gross generalities here (maybe you guys will give me a little latitude) if a woman was released from all groups but one, it was likely for a reason (eg grades, Jr Class Standing, etc).

Here's where I need some latitude - Generally speaking, a chapter that traditionally makes quota can afford to have higher standards (require a higher GPA, only Freshmen, etc) whereas a chapter that doesn't usually make quota may decide they want to pledge a few Juniors or will take a chance on a woman with a little bit of a lower GPA, etc. The only way that the woman would receive a bid via GP is if that chapter did make quota and she wasn't high enough on their bid list to be placed.... Assuming that history repeats itself and the chapter doesn't meet quota, this woman would get a bid via normal bid matching not by GP.