Auburn Recruitment 2012

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

This. The chapters that have the largest new member classes (which means they took the most QAs) are generally the ones who were able to invite more to their preference parties based on return stats from prior years. Many people look at bid lists where everyone made quota and assume the largest new member classes equal the strongest recruiting chapters and that really isn't the case.

And it would be such a shame if we let weaker recruiting chapters enjoy a positive moment rather than making sure everyone understood that their QAs were just because their previous stats were bad.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Thus every chapter making quota means that - in general - the Greek system is strong. (It does not necessarily mean ready for expansion.)

Crossing fingers just incase .

[APhi4Ever]

A girl that went through our local Panhellenic (which receives very few requests for recommendations) went Theta at Auburn! She is beyond excited!

[APhi4Ever]

I wonder if Auburn will consider opening for sorority expansion within the next couple of years? With all chapters meeting quota year after year, I'd imagine it would be considered. There are still 9 wonderful NPC sororities that do not have chapters at Auburn.

[future pnmmom]

My daughter is a very happy new DZ! The grapevine says that cuts were very hard this year. I can honestly say that I believe that a girl who gets a bid to ANY sorority at Auburn (and probably any SEC school!) should count herself as fortunate. We know of some who were not so lucky Congratulations to all the proud mamas and happy daughters! This week has been one of the most stressful of my life and I'm just glad it had a happy ending!

[APhi4Ever]

Congratulations future pnmmom! Great to hear!

[honorgal]

Congratulations to all the wonderful new pledges at Auburn! My daughter is a proud new member of Zeta Tau Alpha. And I agree with future mom....all the chapters at Auburn are so great.

[groovypq]

Originally Posted by honorgal

Congratulations to all the wonderful new pledges at Auburn! My daughter is a proud new member of Zeta Tau Alpha. And I agree with future mom....all the chapters at Auburn are so great.

I have enjoyed all the Auburn stories but I must say I love a ZTA ending! Congrats to all the new members and ZLAM to honorgal's daughter!

[KSUViolet06]

^^^Thank you. I'm deep in lesson planning right now so if it's not related to my kiddos, it's not in the front of my mind. I promise I know what I'm talking about. lol.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

^^^Thank you. I'm deep in lesson planning right now so if it's not related to my kiddos, it's not in the front of my mind. I promise I know what I'm talking about. lol.

No worries, I looked at the math again and found that if quota is set a little low then more women are matched with their first choice but that might not always be the case.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by HQWest

No worries, I looked at the math again and found that if quota is set a little low then more women are matched with their first choice but that might not always be the case.

I deal with MUCH smaller scale recruitments in my volunteer role (where total is usually in like, the teens and 20s), so that is typically the case with my schools.

[dukedg]

I have a QA question for situations where size is considered. Let's say you have two chapters ABC and XYZ. ABC has 94 members and XYZ has 100. You have 10 QAs to place. For simplicity's sake, all 10 put XYZ as their first choice.

In theory, you'd place 8 of these 10 at ABC to bring them to 102 and 2 at XYZ to bring them to 102. But, how in the world would you pick which 8 don't get their first choice compared to the 2 who do?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by dukedg

I have a QA question for situations where size is considered. Let's say you have two chapters ABC and XYZ. ABC has 94 members and XYZ has 100. You have 10 QAs to place. For simplicity's sake, all 10 put XYZ as their first choice.

In theory, you'd place 8 of these 10 at ABC to bring them to 102 and 2 at XYZ to bring them to 102. But, how in the world would you pick which 8 don't get their first choice compared to the 2 who do?

Well, assuming only two chapters on campus, all ten women probably attended both prefs, and listed both on their bid card to be eligible for QA's, so raising quota by one or two solves this.

More than two chapters on campus? Then it depends on which women have both ABC and XYZ. If you are assuming these are not the only two chapters, but you have ten women who listed XYZ and ABC and didn't match, it's fuzzy on what to do. Some GA's would check the position on XYZ's bid list, others would just throw all ten at XYZ, and both answers are perfectly acceptable.

[Titchou]

From the NPC MOI (aka Green Book):

In the quota addition assignment process at the conclusion of regular bid matching, fraternity/sorority advisors are encouraged to distribute quota additions as evenly as possible among the chapters. The goal is to achieve as much parity as possible among the new member classes while matching the remaining potential new members who completed the process in good faith.

[DubaiSis]

Thanks Titchou. I'm always interested to learn what the rules literally say. In this case, the rules say "do your best to make everyone happy." It does NOT say it goes to the weakest chapter or the one with the worst RFM percentages or the biggest or the rushee's first or last choice.

Do some schools' Panhellenics have a written policy in place to further clarify the Green Book's intentionally vague answer? I've heard different things here (if you don't match, you get your first choice, you get the smallest chapter and the one with the weakest RFM percentages seems to be the most common responses).