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UMGirl, I understand that chapters believe that they have a lot of problems with the SoRush program. Generally those are human errors that people blame on the program rather than actual computer errors. Sometimes the women running the computer make mistakes and release women who the chapter was supposed to keep or keep women who the chapter was supposed to release. This is especially common on campuses with large numbers of PNMs. Sometimes women are released b/c a certain sister approached the rush chair or advisors about a personal problem they have with the PNM and don't want disclosed to the whole chapter. Most Panhellenics allow each chapter one "computer error" during rush. For instance, if you release someone who you meant to keep Panhellenic will explain to that PNM at the end of the day that ABC meant to invite them but experienced a computer error and that they can rank ABC with their other groups.
Schools that do not use the quota total system use whatever system they have come up with. At Santa Clara University in California, until last year there was a set quota of 35 (I think or somewhere around there). It didn't matter how many women went through rush, each chapter could only pledge 35 women. In years when rush numbers were high that meant that a lot of women got cut from rush completely.
At IU, I believe that their quota is based on the number of open spot that a chapter house has. In other words, each chapter can only pledge as many women as they have open spots.
The reason why the quota/total system works better than these other systems is that it accommodates the highest number of women into the system and improves greek image on campus. When 50% of the women rushing get cut from rush each year it doesn't do very good things for greek image on campus.
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