Recruitment 2010 news

[Titchou]

Yes, but range is arbitrary and can change. It just gives you an idea of where it might be.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Yes, but range is arbitrary and can change. It just gives you an idea of where it might be.

Right, I'm just saying if there are 4 chapters and 200 PNMs at pref, quota range will be 50 +/- X (X being whatever the software decides it'll be)

If every PNM put down ABC first, RFM doesn't set quota at 200 and give ABC all the PNMs, (nor does it set quota at 1 and give ABC 195 QAs) it's still using #atPref/#ofchapters as a starting point.

[AGDee]

My understanding of it is that they run several different quota figures through the computer system and the quota selected is the one that places the most PNMs and helps the most chapters achieve quota and that quota additions help more women get their higher choice chapter. However, this is not my strong area...

[FSUZeta]

thanks jenny and titchou. quota additions bordering on 20 seems like quota was set too low.

this is my first year not being able to help out during recruitment, so i am a little out of touch.

[DubaiSis]

I think these kinds of questions are the ones the geeks among us (me me me me me) dwell on, when most people can accept "they put the names in the computer and it spits out 4 new member classes." HA! One of these days I'm going to become a recruitment advisor so I can watch this process live and in person.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I think these kinds of questions are the ones the geeks among us (me me me me me) dwell on, when most people can accept "they put the names in the computer and it spits out 4 new member classes." HA! One of these days I'm going to become a recruitment advisor so I can watch this process live and in person.

Lol! I know what you mean

[AGDLynn]

The chapter is out celebrating so I can't get any numbers of other than to say that Alpha Gam got quota + 3 (and I don't know what quota was.) I wanted to stay for the Bid Night party but prefs were over about 3 and the bid lists weren't released until about 7:30, I think. Cton is 45 minutes away down dark highways and 6 a.m. comes early.


I hear that only a little over 200 signed up. There was about 300 last year ago.

I think that each of the 6 chapters had 2 pref parties so, hopefully, everyone did great.

ETA: Quota was 26. I was afraid that it would be midteens to low 20's. I know that chapters had a lot graduating last year, etc.

Exciting!!

[Football Fan]

College of Charleston posted on their site 370 new members joined sororities last week at C of C. They did not post any numbers for specific groups.

[Mevara]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I think these kinds of questions are the ones the geeks among us (me me me me me) dwell on, when most people can accept "they put the names in the computer and it spits out 4 new member classes." HA! One of these days I'm going to become a recruitment advisor so I can watch this process live and in person.

They don't let you watch the process. It's only Greek Adviser and RFM Specialist.

[KSUViolet06]

UNC-Chapel Hill bid day article:

http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.ph.../bidding_hello

[OleMissGlitter]

Ole Miss Panhellenic Update, there are about 940 signed up so far...the deadline is September 19. This is the largest freshmen class at Ole Miss and by far the largest number of PNMs.

[GammaBelle]

Results from Coastal Carolina University:

Quota=30
Alpha Delta Pi=32
Phi Sigma Sigma=32
Gamma Phi Beta=30
Sigma Sigma Sigma=27

Congratulations to all the NMs!

[GammaBelle]

Quota was 26 at William and Mary, 8 houses matched and 2 did not.

Gamma Phi Beta took 26 =)

CONNECT.IMPACT.SHINE.

[PsychTau]

I was reading the posts about ICS and quota range so I thought I'd try to shed some light on it.

Usually, the Greek Advisor and the RFM Specialist get on the phone on Pref night and talk about how many women are still in the system (who haven't dropped). Some will set the initial quota range before Binding Agreements are signed, some wait until they are all signed. The "low" end of the Quota range is set based on the number of women who sign the Binding Agreement, or who are projected to sign an agreement (like quota used to be set).

When it's time for Bid Matching, we enter a quota range that starts with the low quota number and ends 5 numbers higher (that's all ICS will run at once). ICS runs bid matching and will give you a table that shows how many NMs each chapter will take at different quotas (for example 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25). You can enter different ranges and run it as many times as you want to get the best balance between the chapters who make quota (or not) and the number of PNMs who don't match. We also looked at who was eligible for quota additions and who wasn't. Our goal was to get quota as high as possible (to match the most PNMs) while getting the most chapters to match it. It doesn't help if you set quota high and only one chapter gets it, but you also don't want to set quota at a low number and have to release a lot of PNMs. Once you decide on what quota is, then you go back and do quota additions and snap bids, etc.

So, long story short is that the computer is doing all the math, but there are humans looking at the results and making the decisions on what's best for that campus. It's not all done by the computer.

(I am a Greek advisor who uses ICS)

[KSUViolet06]

KSU recruitment is over! Quota was 40. I'm loving the numbers increase we've seen over the past few years. When I was active, quota was usually in the mid teens or low 20s. Since I've been an alumna, quota has been getting higher every year.