RFM Question

[DubaiSis]

You're not clueless. Doing it this way punishes the girls who SIP. This way means the girls who SIP have a way slighter chance of getting a bid, since they can't be used as a QA. And while I'm not a fan of SIP, that still seems unnecessarily harsh, compared to making quota 70 or 75.

This low a quota relative to pledge class size would only seem to make sense at a campus with many more chapters where it will allow more chapters to achieve quota, or restrict the strongest chapters from continuing to grow relative to the other chapters. As has been discussed before, the strongest chapters have the fewest girls at pref, and therefore the fewest opportunities for QA. But based on the numbers, neither argument seems to make sense here.

[Titchou]

Keep in mind that some of these women may have had just one pref to attend and therefore only one to put on their bid card. Not having an even distribution of choices among the bid cards also skews quota.

[33girl]

What is Tarleton's total?

Also, the total may have been raised before the colonizing NPC group (Tarleton is open for expansion) was chosen. This is kind of bassackwards, but whatever.

The fact that there is relative parity among the numbers the groups took is the most important thing. If those numbers were 80, 80, and 60, then there would be issues.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

Seems like they are moving up the date that the sorority is making a commitment. Suppose that the sorority finds out the bad information about the PNM just after the bid day party instead of just after the pref party. At that point, the sorority is stuck, and will have to go through whatever its procedures are for removing a NM. Guaranteed placement means that the sorority is committed to the PNM at the pref list point rather than the bid list point.

I think you are missing the point. The assumption is that the pref list = bid list. They have likely not thought about what would happen if that assumption turns out to be false.