Alabama Recruitment

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Originally Posted by Hartofsec

That's what I thought you were asking -- I was also wondering why the quota was set at that number. Thanks to irishpipes for explaining.

As far as why the PNMs over quota are not distributed more evenly, this explanation involves RFM, how many pref parties a PNM attends, and quota additions. Bama had over 218 quota additions last year (64 the previous year) -- someone asked about this huge increase in quota additions earlier in the thread.

I wouldn't attempt the explanation about QAs in a huge recruitment like this -- or even a guess about the increase in quota additions last year -- better left to one of the RFM experts here.

And those that were quota additions weren't evenly distributed among the groups. Due to RFM strong recruiting chapters will have far less PNMs at Pref than weak recruiting chapters.

Totally making up numbers here, but let's say Sorority A is a SRC. At Bama they may only need 250 at Pref to reach a quota of 130. Sorority B is middle of road recruiting chapter. They may need 325 to ensure they reach a quota of 130. Sorority C is a WRC. They may need 400 at Pref to ensure they reach 130.

Once the first 130 are matched to each group, there is a higher probability that sorority C will have the most girls who went unmatched simply because there were more girls in their pool to start with. Some of these girls may have only had one pref party, and if they were ranked on the sorority's list way at the bottom, the still get a bid due to maximizing options. So they become Sorority C's QA.

Back to Sorority A. If the PNM was at a SRC for at least one pref then chances are they are a strong enough PNM that they matched to one of their 3 Pref parties. It may not have been Sorority A, but they would have been a match somewhere. Therefore Sorority A isn't pulling in as many unmatched girls.

Sorority A would get QAs if one of their PNMs was perhaps visiting all SRCs for Pref and just fell too low on all 3 list. Then she is a QA for a SRC.

Of note, QAs have nothing to do with Chapter Total, having to COB, or taking extra because they are small. Most of us on GC know this, but the collegians on the other site are getting the reason for QAs all wrong. QAs are also not optional or something the chapter decides. They are placed by Panhellenic and all chapters take them. Again, huge misconceptions elsewhere online about this.

DBB accurately answered your question about setting quota lower than an even PNMs at Pref/chapters. This often helps place more girls, albeit with more (sometimes ridiculously more) QAs. It can also help all chapters meet quota. Perhaps there was one chapter than was about 5 away from quota. If lowering it that number actually places more PNMs then it is a win-win on both sides.