Bid Day Results - Page 2

AnchorAlum · #1 08-24-2008, 02:25 PM

FSU and UF should have results by tonight.

They've had a nightmarish scenario at both campuses, with the tropical storm that brought down about 10 inches of rain and forcing cancellation of rush parties.

Hang in there, Gamma Mu and Gamma Theta!

baci · #2 08-24-2008, 09:01 PM

Two amazing groups for DG!!!!

I know they will pull through with great pledge classes despite the weather.

AnchorAlum · #3 08-25-2008, 06:29 PM

Don't know about Gamma Theta at UF, but all houses at FSU made quota of 48.
Congrats to my Gamma Mu chapter!

baci · #4 08-26-2008, 08:57 AM

Any pictures???

AngieWashU · #5 08-27-2008, 01:04 AM

Beta Omega (Washington State) - Pledged 37. Quota of 36.

Nu (Idaho) - Pledged 27. Quota of 27.

kendr · #6 08-27-2008, 03:34 PM

The Gamma Alpha chapter at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville received 55 new members this past Sunday! Quota was 46. They got a great group of girls!!

This puts Gamma Alpha over total by 30 members for a chapter total of 170 active members!

Here's a link to the Bid Day pictures: http://bopp.tennesseepics.com/Q/Proo...572&Key=1D561F

TennesseeDeltaG · #7 08-28-2008, 12:01 PM

Gamma Alpha at the University of Tennessee had a fantastic recruitment this fall despite transitioning from the Accept/Regret to Priority Selection system. Our return rates were at least 20% higher than they have been in the past 3 years and we got an amazing pledge class. Now we are one of the largest sororities on campus!

Quota: 46
Pledged: 55
Panhellenic Total: 142
DG Total: 170

Courtney - VP:Membership

zuzu575 · #8 08-28-2008, 10:40 PM

Quota at Texas Tech was 49 - every chapter (including ours!) made it. No further specifics.

AngieWashU · #9 09-01-2008, 02:22 PM

Eta Iota (Univ of Nevada, Reno): Quota 34; Pledged 38!

DGTess · #10 09-02-2008, 10:07 PM

I don't understand quota, I guess. How can a chapter pledge more than quota? I thought quota was set as the maximum number a house could take.

Where can I find more about these terms? When I went through, no house was anywhere near total, and quota wasn't a term we even used. Every house rushed as few/many as it chose, and bid as few or as many as it chose, and some girls got five bids, and some got none. So I have no formal experience against which even to glean the knowledge from context.

hannahgirl · #11 09-03-2008, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DGTess

I don't understand quota, I guess. How can a chapter pledge more than quota? I thought quota was set as the maximum number a house could take.

Where can I find more about these terms? When I went through, no house was anywhere near total, and quota wasn't a term we even used. Every house rushed as few/many as it chose, and bid as few or as many as it chose, and some girls got five bids, and some got none. So I have no formal experience against which even to glean the knowledge from context.

Quota is usually the max a chapter can take, however, with the new release figure system, Panhellenic is trying to make it so every woman that goes through recruitment is placed. This causes for most chapters to go over quota.
For example.....lets use Kent State as an example since I'm familiar with the campus and have been on this end there for 4 years.....
Say 190 women are participating in the last round of recruitment and there are 6 chapters. Quota would be set by dividing the amount of women participating by the number of chapters = 31

31 x 6 = 186 which means there are 4 girls left with nowhere to go....instead of leaving them out, Panhel looks at their choices and if they match with a chapter, they go to that chapter. This causes chapters to get more than 31 women.

Now there are always women who don't match anywhere....and they will ask the other chapters if they would like to snap-bid that woman. Snap-bidding is offering a bid to someone who was not on your bid list. This is another way chapters can get to quota. Chapters who are already at quota might not be offered the opportunity to snap-bid......however, in making it possible for all women to be placed, they might be.

Alright.....so I hope that helps.....if it seems confusing, sorry! Sometimes it doesn't make sense to me either!

baci · #12 09-03-2008, 09:24 AM

you did a super job^^

DGTess · #13 09-03-2008, 06:00 PM

Thanks for the help. I have to admit I don't understand why you'd bid someone who wasn't on your bid list, or why everyone has to get a bid, or why girls only get one bid, but I guess that's the result of a different kind of system.

Is all this laid out somewhere I can research? I don't want to hijack the thread.

hannahgirl · #14 09-03-2008, 09:43 PM

It could have been someone you liked but not enough to invite back to pref or dropped you herself....if she had spectacular grades and involvement.....i'd definately bid her whether or not she came to our last round or not.

I'm not sure if all of this is written down somewhere online. you could always get on npcwomen.org (NPCs website) and snoop around. if you can't find anything....call the closest greek life person to you and ask some questions....i'm sure they'd be happy to help you (well....unless your calling in the middle of recruitment!

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AnchorAlumna · #15 09-07-2008, 10:19 PM

DGTess, you might want to PM Titchou on this. She understands all that stuff - I sure don't!!