University of Mississippi - Ole Miss 2014 Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment

[Hearttoheart]

I'm very confused about all the quota additions. If quota is determined by the number of women attending pref parties divided by the number of houses, then where do all the extra women come from? I've also just read a thread that said that quota additions could not be more that 5% of quota. Most houses took way more than that.

So confusing!

[MU2Driver]

Here are a couple of YouTube videos from today. The number I heard from Kappa was 147 and I think this is in the ballpark. I know we ordered 130 jerseys and didn't have enough for all the NMs.
GC Reveal:
http://youtu.be/g8ZIO__Cl9A
Bid Run and Kappa Bid Day Party
http://youtu.be/9B6ZLFjtk3M

[greekdee]

Well, two of the new Phi Mu's are the PNMs I was awaiting updates on!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Hearttoheart

I'm very confused about all the quota additions. If quota is determined by the number of women attending pref parties divided by the number of houses, then where do all the extra women come from? I've also just read a thread that said that quota additions could not be more that 5% of quota. Most houses took way more than that.

So confusing!

The chapters with the most NMs generally had more women at prefs which means there were more women left on their list after quota was reached to be added as QAs. I say that is "generally" what happens because weak chapters can miss quota even with large numbers at pref and strong chapters can get a bunch of QAs. Quota is determined in such a way that the majority of women get a bid. The unmatched women have to go to a chapter they preffed, thus the chapters with the largest bid lists usually have the most QAs.

[irishpipes]

And I believe the 5% rule is no longer in effect.

[magnoliacurious]

Originally Posted by LuvMyPNM

Last year quota was 117 (found by searching through last year's thread). My daughter told me she believes it was 140 this year. Amazing....seems they matched a pretty high % given most #'s I've seem are north of 140.

Hottytoddy.com has good overview with #'s for each and pictures:
http://hottytoddy.com/2014/09/21/ole...d-day-of-2014/

Anybody know how many Chi Omega took? The oldest and one of the most popular sororities at Ole Miss, they were the only one in the article I didn't see numbers listed for. Mind blowing numbers altogether I say!!

[Hearttoheart]

Originally Posted by magnoliacurious

Anybody know how many Chi Omega took? The oldest and one of the most popular sororities at Ole Miss, they were the only one in the article I didn't see numbers listed for. Mind blowing numbers altogether I say!!

From an actives twitter feed I heard 138 new chi omegas.

[magnoliacurious]

Originally Posted by Hearttoheart

From an actives twitter feed I heard 138 new chi omegas.

Thanks!

[ladybug12]

RFM specialists try to set quota at the highest number so that all chapters make quota, if possible. Sometimes setting it just a few numbers higher will have 3 or more chapters having to snap bid...usually very strong chapters that had smaller numbers at pref due to past recruiting strength statistics.

And then you still have all of the PNMs left who have maximized their options and would go bidless if QA's were not added.

Remember that another round of recruitment was added this year. Past party rounds were 9 6 3 in years past and this year were 10 8 5 2...so lots of estimating and adjustments had to be made this year.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by ladybug12

RFM specialists try to set quota at the highest number so that all chapters make quota, if possible. Sometimes setting it just a few numbers higher will have 3 or more chapters having to snap bid...usually very strong chapters that had smaller numbers at pref due to past recruiting strength statistics.

And then you still have all of the PNMs left who have maximized their options and would go bidless if QA's were not added.

Remember that another round of recruitment was added this year. Past party rounds were 9 6 3 I years past and this year were 10 8 5 2...so lots of estimating and adjustments had to be made this year.

This is probably a huge factor since the previous numbers would essentially be invalid. The carry figures for some groups may have been too small and for some too big. Next year will be a little easier, but figures are usually based on 3 years of data making the next couple years a continued guessing game.

[ladybug12]

Agree AOII Angel! Well said.

And Alpha Phi is coming next fall...so lots of changes in store for the next few years.

[DubaiSis]

I'd like to be an RFM specialist some time, but not at Ole Miss! She would either need to be psychic or willing to throw a dart at a wall.

[Titchou]

The 5% quota additions were done away with when RFM was institutued. RFM allows all women to be placed and quota adjusted to accomodate that.

[HottyToddy1]

Finally back home after a very exciting day. I am proud to say that my daughter is a very happy Tri Delta!!

[ladybug12]

Great news!