Have some fire: Live recruitment thread!

[HuskyAlum]

As an OSU alumna, I'd just like to clear up the quota/total system. The Panhellenic voting prior to recruitment last year to change to the "true" quota/total system. Total is 100 and everything works just the same as every other campus in regards to quota/total now. In the past, the system was a "hard total" set at 100 and a "hard quota" set at 25. Those numbers in fact did NOT prevent PNMs from joining a sorority, as "true quota" would have been lower than 25 the past few years. For example: if we would have been using "true quota" back in 2008, it would have been around 18 - there just weren't enough PNMs finishing the process to allow for quota to be 25.

Hope that clears things up and have a FANTASTIC experience!!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by HuskyAlum

Those numbers in fact did NOT prevent PNMs from joining a sorority, as "true quota" would have been lower than 25 the past few years. For example: if we would have been using "true quota" back in 2008, it would have been around 18 - there just weren't enough PNMs finishing the process to allow for quota to be 25.

What I meant is that say UVW sorority only had 10 spots open. They missed out on 8 girls they could have had through a "true" quota system. Girls didn't go to the groups that could take the 25 + however many they needed to get up to total - or every group would BE at total.

So it was basically "if you want to be in a sorority, you have to go here or nothing" which is part of bid matching to a point, but this made it far more prominent. On top of that there were girls who I'm sure resented that they didn't have an equal chance from the get-go to get into some of the bigger chapters. I think it was admirable of OSU's panhel to try to even things out, but you can't legislate feelings.