Auburn University Recruitment - Fall 2010 - Page 19

BSCAXOalum · #1 08-14-2010, 11:01 PM

I have seen in years past where quota additions have gone to houses that easily made quota just to place as many girls as possible--meaning yes, the girl was one or two below cutoff (a handful, not 20). Which explains if quota was 50 and the class was 52-ish. My experience is that QAs are a big mixture of girls who wanted/ were willing to go to that sorority after pref, or decided to take a bid over nothing or wanted it all along. It's something panhellenic uses to make happy PNMs and happy chapters. This also explains why some chapters take a lot more girls on pref or skit than other chapters that are already close to chapter total.

AOII Angel · #2 08-14-2010, 11:28 PM

Many times, chapters with many QAs also had larger numbers of girls at their pref parties because their return numbers are lower so they aren't required to release as many PNMs as chapters with higher return numbers. They subsequently will have more women leftover on their list once quota is filled allowing them more QAs than other chapters. QAs generally go to their first choices. Sometimes QAs are really snap bids, though, and you just don't know it. That was likely the reason behind the 90+ pledge class for Gamma Phi at Bama last year which was a great boon for that chapter. Hopefully they all stayed and made the chapter their own.

gee_ess · #3 08-15-2010, 09:02 AM

I have been gone for about 24 hours and what fun it has been to return and play catch up with the pnm group from Auburn. Yay for everyone and a double yay for the new Kappas!

I am very curious about the story behind the triplets...hoping someone will give us some insight on that.

And, good luck to the next groups out of the gate!!

thinking of Cassie at Auburn today...

TriDeltaSallie · #4 08-15-2010, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by gee_ess

thinking of Cassie at Auburn today...

Me too. I kept hoping yesterday her mom would pop on and tell us that she gave it a go and found a home. I'm guessing no news isn't good news in this case.

OleMissGlitter · #5 08-15-2010, 10:19 AM

Found out yesterday morning my rec girl is a very happy new member of.....

DELTA GAMMA at AUBURN!

She is beyond excited! As a sophomore (first time going through) she wasn't sure how it was going to end. She is a legacy to a couple of houses but she stayed with the process. She couldn't be more happy and more excited! I already went shopping on the Oxford Square yesterday and bought her some DG happies to mail to her tomorrow!

mittens · #6 08-16-2010, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Found out yesterday morning my rec girl is a very happy new member of.....

DELTA GAMMA at AUBURN!

She is beyond excited! As a sophomore (first time going through) she wasn't sure how it was going to end. She is a legacy to a couple of houses but she stayed with the process. She couldn't be more happy and more excited! I already went shopping on the Oxford Square yesterday and bought her some DG happies to mail to her tomorrow!

Was she also a legacy to Delta Gamma??

OleMissGlitter · #7 08-23-2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mittens

Was she also a legacy to Delta Gamma??

No she wasn't a legacy to DG! She is loving DG at AU!

AUAZD2001 · #8 08-15-2010, 02:03 PM

A few years ago quota additions were expained to me. The way I remember it at the end of normal bid matching if there are pnms who are still unmatched the are matches with the chapter on there pref card who had the least number of members at the begining of recruitment. I don't know if I am right but that is how my advisor exlpained it. It makes sense to me.

nittanygirl · #9 08-15-2010, 03:02 PM

I just want to say congrats to all the girls!!! I've enjoyed following this thread!

Benzgirl · #10 08-15-2010, 04:04 PM

Short Bid Day video from You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w994aCnzrjI

AuburnDad · #11 08-15-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Short Bid Day video from You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w994aCnzrjI

Thanks for putting that up. If you find anything else, I'd love to see it.

ComradesTrue · #12 08-15-2010, 05:14 PM

^^^BTW AuburnDad- I never got to congratulate and welcome your daughter to Theta. I was so excited when you posted what house she would be in.

I had the opportunity to meet the president of the Auburn Thetas at our convention this summer and she was adorable with the most contagious enthusiasm for Theta. I can only imagine her excitement as all those new members came running yesterday.

Best to your daughter on her lifetime membership in Theta. Maybe she can come introduce herself in our GC forum one day!

FSUZeta · #13 08-15-2010, 05:31 PM

late to the game, but congratulations to all the auburn NEW MEMBERS, their respective chapters and to their parents. thanks for sharing this with us!

hotpink&pearls · #14 08-15-2010, 08:14 PM

Thanks so much everyone. I was incredibly excited and still am, as it finally sinks in.

I did wear most all of the outfits I wore, and I'm hoping to post some of my 'findings' from this week in the next few days now that I'm finally catching up on my sleep

. For instance, the fact that 90% of girls wore heels on skit day, that chacos and rainbows were very popular for philanthropy, etc.

FSUZeta · #15 08-15-2010, 08:36 PM

please do!! we would love to read it and it would be such a help to future auburn pnms.