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Poster Name:
quota additions and total

Poster Message:
Quota is a set number that chapters can't exceed when making their bid lists. Quota additions are members who didn't initially match anywhere but maximized their options, so are added to a house's already "full" bid list. Chapters don't get to decide if or how many quota additions they have, and it has nothing to do with retention or popularity. It's simply placing everyone who maximized their options into a chapter. Once formal recruitment is over, the new total is set. Chapters under total are eligible--but aren't required--to participate in COB. You could just as easily say chapters that didn't have quota additions aren't popular, because once they filled their bid lists no one else wanted them (that's not true, I'm just pointing out that the popularity statement doesn't make sense).