Advise Needed!

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Nebraska is just a normal school.

University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
August 19-24, 2013
Chapters set individual quotas
Total=134
Registered PNMs=1,058
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The part I highlighted from your post makes it different from the majority of schools who use RFM for formally structured recruitment. Nebraska and Indiana both allow chapters to set individual quotas. Nebraska doesn't use bed quota, Indiana does.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

The part I highlighted from your post makes it different from the majority of schools who use RFM for formally structured recruitment. Nebraska and Indiana both allow chapters to set individual quotas. Nebraska doesn't use bed quota, Indiana does.

LOl...I missed that. The difference is that the quotas set by Nebraska aren't exclusionary. The question is WHEN do the chapters decide to set quota? Before or after pref. A quota in the 40s for the majority of chapters is very appropriate for a PNM pool of 1058. Most likely they are deciding their quota number organically. I still would not lump them with Indiana, even though it is a strange system.

[33girl]

Unless your school has a cap on membership (like Ohio State used to but doesn't any more) imposed by either Panhellenic or the administration, there are NOT 80 girls with "nowhere to go." Previous posters explained how quota works during rush. The three remaining sororities will just get bigger for a time than some members would care for them to be. This sucks, but that's life. It's far better than adding a chapter when there really isn't a need for it and then seeing it close down 5 years later because it was only opened due to a one-time bump in numbers. You may think it's best for you now, but you need to think ahead to the women who may be struggling when you're graduated and gone.

If a campus is under investigation by a task force, it usually is not a situation that an NPC group would want to come in to. Also, if a campus is under this sort of investigation, a local will have everything they do scrutinized even more because they'd be an easy scapegoat.

Go through formal rush in the spring and keep an open mind to the sororities that are on campus now. If you (and the other 79 girls you are speaking for) can't do that, then Greek life on this campus probably isn't for you.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

LOl...I missed that. The difference is that the quotas set by Nebraska aren't exclusionary. The question is WHEN do the chapters decide to set quota? Before or after pref. A quota in the 40s for the majority of chapters is very appropriate for a PNM pool of 1058. Most likely they are deciding their quota number organically. I still would not lump them with Indiana, even though it is a strange system.

I know there are some Nebraska folks on here who can clarify, but Nebraska has some quirky formula where Lincoln girls are "free" and the remainder are bed rush or something like that. The difference between Nebraska and Indiana is that PNMs aren't suffering due to the odd formula. Placement numbers at Nebraska have consistently remained very high.

As for the speculation that this is the very, very, special snowflake guaranteed placement school, I don't think so. It just expanded (NPC) this week.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I know there are some Nebraska folks on here who can clarify, but Nebraska has some quirky formula where Lincoln girls are "free" and the remainder are bed rush or something like that. The difference between Nebraska and Indiana is that PNMs aren't suffering due to the odd formula. Placement numbers at Nebraska have consistently remained very high.

As for the speculation that this is the very, very, special snowflake guaranteed placement school, I don't think so. It just expanded (NPC) this week.

Thanks for the clarification.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I know there are some Nebraska folks on here who can clarify, but Nebraska has some quirky formula where Lincoln girls are "free" and the remainder are bed rush or something like that. The difference between Nebraska and Indiana is that PNMs aren't suffering due to the odd formula. Placement numbers at Nebraska have consistently remained very high.

Pretty much this. As I understand it, NU uses RFM and quota additions are allowed (which use to include – or maybe still does – the “free” Lincoln girls, but not limited to just Lincoln girls now). The bottom line is that while each chapter has a say in their own quota (based on the number of beds), if a PNM “plays the game” (attends all the parties she is invited to, list all preference chapters etc.) she should be extended a bid.