Rebel Mom

[NYCMS]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Parents?

I feel like with a recruitment of that size, inviting parents would be asking for things to get out of hand, especially when hurt feelings, kids not getting their first choice, come into play.

Are they usually pretty tame?

I'm not sure when the parents thing started (I knew a girl who pledged about 7 years ago and it was in full force). Yes, parents, siblings, etc.

I read that this year the limit was 3 family members. Alums were allowed too. As for PNMs who were upset with their bid, I suppose having mom there might help although I'm sure some might say it enables the "snowflake" syndrome. I remember girls from my bid day who weren't happy but girls back then tried to buck up and give the house a shot.

Not sure what you mean by "tame" but the outside decorations, etc. had gotten pretty "lavish" so to speak, hence limitations put into place on what they could do.

In short, it was a security issue to control how many people could be there for crowd control and safety reasons, including who could go into the chapter houses.

[PhDPearl]

Saw these numbers posted on IG:

Chi O 90
ADPi 138
Pi Phi 111

[NYCMS]

Phi Mu 117
Alpha Phi 160 (corrected from original info)

[SAMKD]

I think KD has 104 new members!

[AnchorSouth]

Delta Gamma 112

[clemsongirl]

I know this means variable quota is working as intended, but 200 new members absolutely boggles my mind. And I thought I came from a campus with big pledge classes in the 60s!

[thetalady]

Rebel Mom, we would love to know how rush went for your daughter!! I really hope that she got a bid to the chapter of her dreams.

[NYCMS]

Tri-Delt - 101

And I just leaned that Alpha Phi took 160 girls, not 200. Still a lot but sounds more aligned with how they've built their chapter since colonizing. I hear their new house is stunning (looks that way from pics I've seen).

@clemsongirl, the size of OM chapters boggles my mind. I think Tri Delt was about 450 a few years ago and was the largest Tri Delt chapter in the country.

[MSKKG]

Kappa pledged 110.

[thetalady]

I am told that Theta pledged 183, but have not confirmed that....

[NYCMS]

AOPi took 111

[SAMKD]

Any idea what the quotas were?

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by SAMKD

Any idea what the quotas were?

Each chapter sets their own quota based on their past and current stats/numbers. (It's called Variable quota). So, there isn't a "set" number like in years past that each house has to meet.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Each chapter sets their own quota based on their past and current stats/numbers. (It's called Variable quota). So, there isn't a "set" number like in years past that each house has to meet.

Do they set their own quota independently, or are they each given their own quota by the RFM specialist/Greek life? And does each chapter get a minimum quota based on the number of women that attended preference?

Because if they are setting an arbitrary quota based on what the chapter wants/needs without regard for the number of PNMs going through recruitment, then that IS "bed rush".

So I assume there are some guidelines for how many PNMs each chapter must take.

And just from afar, I know that a few women were excited that their chapters were taking PNM classes that were smaller than last year. I hope that OleMiss doesn't fall into the smaller classes = more exclusive chapters trap.

[SAMKD]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Each chapter sets their own quota based on their past and current stats/numbers. (It's called Variable quota). So, there isn't a "set" number like in years past that each house has to meet.

Last year there were 3 different quotas assigned by Panhellenic based on house size and recruiting strength. I thought they were doing the same this year? Letting the sororities choose their own quotas would not seem to be in line with helping the chapters reach parity - the stated original reason for choosing to use a variable quota.