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Too bad

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An Explanation of why recruitment works the way it does, and why so many early cuts. The system in place actually ensures that more PNM’s get bids. This is the way it works on every campus, not just here. Here’s why: Years ago, before RFM (Release Figure Methodology), PNM’s were allowed to cut sororities from their schedules. And the sororities were not required to make releases early, so the stronger recruiting houses would carry large numbers of PNM’s all through the week, girls they had no intention of actually bidding, because it looked good to have lots of PNM’s at their parties and they could say they had such high return rates. Then there would be one big cut right before pref (because PNM’s who are invited to pref must be on that house’s bid list somewhere) so sororities waited until then to drop all those PNM’s who were always going to get cut anyway. Meanwhile, these PNM’s were discounting and dropping other houses where they actually had a chance for a bid because they were being strung along by houses that were highly desired but were not really interested in them. Suddenly these PNM’s had no houses left and no chance of a bid anywhere. By requiring the sororities to make their cuts earlier, cuts that are going to happen anyway, RFM allows PNM’s to know where they stand move forward and focus on houses where they actually have a chance. RFM: For every invited round, the number of releases for each house is determined by panhellenic using a combination of the number of PNM's still going through, the statistical return rates of that sorority over the past few years, and the current return trends. Each sorority is given the max number of PNM's they may invite back to each round and it is different for every house and is recalculated all during the week. Stronger recruiting/more desired houses must release more PNM's in the early rounds to avoid the stringing along that used to happen. Better for PNM’s to be cut sooner rather than later so they can give other houses, where they are actually wanted, a second chance. Quota: There is no pre-set Quota. Quota is set after prefs are over and every PNM has signed her card. Number of PNM's who sign a card divided by number of sororities = Quota. If more girls go to pref and sign a card then Quota is higher. Then there’s also Quota Plus, which guarantees a bid to any PNM who puts both pref houses on her card (or just the one if that's all she has) even when it puts houses over Quota. No guarantee of first choice, but will get a bid. A PNM who has two houses at pref and only puts one on her card (suicides) takes her chances and is not guaranteed a bid.