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GoGreek

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Hi mom- I can sympathize with a lot of why you're saying. For the many girls whose rush did not turn out the way they dreamed, it's a very tough emotional defeat before college even starts. That said, I do not agree wirh your idea to set quota at the beginning of the week and let it ride, regardless of the number of pnm's who drop. UT uses RFM which is a really well thought out computer system whose formulas ensure that the maximum number of houses make quota and the maximum number of pnm's are placed. RFM uses each house's return rate (number of pnm's who want to go back) to determine the number of pnm's to invite to the next round. This allows strong recruiting chapters to cut more women so that those women can spend more time with the houses where they have a chance at a bid. UT's campus engages in the most humane form of bid matching- if a PNM maximizes her options, she is GUARANTEED a bid to one of her pref houses. I haven't seen stats from this year but typically 75% of pnm's get their 1st choice. Setting quota after pref allows for all houses to have a high chance of making quota and a bid for all pnm's who maximize. This also allows all chapters to remain relatively the same size. You have seen or heard of campuses where the bottom houses are getting 20 pledges when quota is 80. Several years of missing quota that badly and chapters fold. We have wonderful chapters with 100+ year old histories who wouldn't survive under your quota plan.