Line Caps

Senusret I · #1 03-28-2007, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TheEpitome1920

I've always wondered what the reasons were for university imposed caps. What are they trying to control?

Glad to see you back, and congratulations.

I have always wondered what they were trying to control as well. I could understand BETTER if the "quota" (thanks AlphaFrog!) was set to ten or 15, but when you set the line cap at 75 and make it an NPHC-wide rule, it really ever only affects two organizations. And that's no slight to ANY other NPHC organization, but it just seems like if your org has 300-400 interested girls and you can only pick 75, that's just not fair.

And if your org has a legacy stipulation, then you're really screwed.

ladygreek · #2 03-28-2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

Glad to see you back, and congratulations.

I have always wondered what they were trying to control as well. I could understand BETTER if the "quota" (thanks AlphaFrog!) was set to ten or 15, but when you set the line cap at 75 and make it an NPHC-wide rule, it really ever only affects two organizations. And that's no slight to ANY other NPHC organization, but it just seems like if your org has 300-400 interested girls and you can only pick 75, that's just not fair.

And if your org has a legacy stipulation, then you're really screwed.

Which is one of the reasons we don't have a legacy stipulation.

The cap thing is interesting. I know Howard use to put a cap of 50 on a line (and maybe they have reinstated that,) but it didn't seem a problem because Alpha Chapter didn't select that many anyway--on their own.

IMO if you are as selective as you should be, then a cap does not matter.

Still BLUTANG · #3 03-28-2007, 11:28 AM

i promise i will get back in my lane, but i love this statement:

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Originally Posted by ladygreek

IMO if you are as selective as you should be, then a cap does not matter.

KSUViolet06 · #4 03-28-2007, 12:17 PM

I understand total/quota in NPC because we all recruit together & it helps keep things fair.

I don't understand line caps on NPHCs. If you're at a school with very high demand (like hundreds of applicants), then it doesn't seem fair to me for the university to be able to say that you can only take 50 of them.

RU OX Alum · #5 03-28-2007, 12:32 PM

If they told us to only take a certain number of pledges, we would probably take twice that just to show the Admin what's up. I think that would apply for most chapters on my campus. Just an extra reason for us to recruit. Actually, we'd probably sue them.

sigmadiva · #6 03-28-2007, 12:59 PM

The rationale that I have heard about a line cap is that it is done to 'even out' the number of members in each org. Personally, I think it is a moot point because if a person wants to be a XYZ and they don't make it in undergrad, then they can wait and try again for grad - the person will still have an opportunity to be a member.

As far as having 300 people interested in your org, that is great. But I can be very sure that the org will probably not want all of those 300 people. It is better to be as selective as possible.