Quota and Cutting during Recruitment

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by dancer88

So i found on a thread on GC that quota is determined by the number of pnms divided by the number of sororities on campus. So if you had 500 pnms and 10 ten houses then quota would be set at 50. I am wondering if each house wants to meet quota then supposedly there is a spot in each house for each pnm so why do some pnms get cut from all the houses? For example if quota was 50 and 30 pnms were cut from all the houses before bid day then wouldn't many of the houses not meet quota?

First of all, rarely are 30 women cut from all houses at any school. 30 women may DROP out because they don't like what houses have asked them back for the remaining parties, but they aren't released from recruitment.

When we say that quota is the number of PNMs on PREF DAY divided by the number of chapters, it is a gross oversimplification. We don't all get together and evenly divvy up the PNMs and make sure everyone gets their 42 1/3 new members. Remember that some chapters have invited back many of the same girls. Some of the PNMs have up to 3 chapters for prefs; some have only one chapter for prefs. Some chapters have just enough girls at their pref parties to fill their spots and others have a ton left over that wouldn't get a bid if we didn't offer them quota addition spots. Quota ranges allows us to make sure that as many chapters as possible meet quota while as many PNMs as possible get a bid.

[dancer88]

Thank you that information makes a lot more sense. I do have another question now though. If a house does not make quota and are allowed to do have the additional quota would they be able to give that to girls who were bidless? For example if i went to pref for XYZ but got no bid and then XYZ didnt make quota could i potentially be given a bid a few days later and still initiated with the fall pledge class?