Auburn Recruitment 2012

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

As always, my biggest ICS/RFM experiences are with smaller scale recruitments so gurus, please correct me:

The QAs with RFM are typically those women who listed that chapter #1. They have also maxmized their options (listed all 3 choices.) You're not eligible to be a QA to any chapter if you don't maximize your options. So yes, you're right in that QAs reward those women who do so.

The main purpose of QAs is to place as many women (who have played by the rules) with their top choices.

No. The goal of RFM is that everybody girl who sticks it out through all of recruitment gets matched with a bid somewhere.

If a PNM does not match in the top of the list for any of her three groups before they get to quota, she is generally placed in whichever of the three is smaller. This can very from school to school. At some schools they have it so that a QA will go to whichever of her top two choices is smaller, but is not necessarily her #1. (If all are the same size - the tie breaker might be her choice.)

The RFM specialist sets quota. She often will try to set it so that as many women as possible are matched AND that every chapter makes quota. Statistically, this happens then that a very large fraction of women will get their top choice from preference.

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

[Ladybugmom]

Congrats to all of you at Auburn!! I know you moms are sooo glad it's over..now for the fun part!

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by HQWest

No. The goal of RFM is that everybody girl who sticks it out through all of recruitment gets matched with a bid somewhere.

If a PNM does not match in the top of the list for any of her three groups before they get to quota, she is generally placed in whichever of the three is smaller. This can very from school to school. At some schools they have it so that a QA will go to whichever of her top two choices is smaller, but is not necessarily her #1. (If all are the same size - the tie breaker might be her choice.)

The RFM specialist sets quota. She often will try to set it so that as many women as possible are matched AND that every chapter makes quota. Statistically, this happens then that a very large fraction of women will get their top choice from preference.

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

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.

[dukedg]

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.

Agreed. Also, I heard from an adviser at Auburn that quota was 58, so all chapters did indeed make quota (which isn't that surprising with a strong system under RFM). Quota is down slightly from last year.

[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.

[AnchorAlumna]

The weakest chapters do not necessarily have the biggest NM classes.
If you have space - from members graduating, transferring, dropping out, whatever - you can pledge up to average chapter size. Sometimes the "biggies" get more NMs, too.
Just depends on circumstances that year.

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

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.

Good grief. That's not what I said. The chapters that had the lower return rates end up with the largest PNM pool at preference so they have the chance to get the most QAs. It's exactly what RFM was designed to do, level the playing field.

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

The weakest chapters do not necessarily have the biggest NM classes.
If you have space - from members graduating, transferring, dropping out, whatever - you can pledge up to average chapter size. Sometimes the "biggies" get more NMs, too.
Just depends on circumstances that year.

There is no automatic mechanism in the way QAs are assigned to accommodate for current chapter size.

[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 .