good idea

From what I understand, that's not exactly true. Just ask PHC at Indiana University. Not all university PanHels subscribe to this method and the three houses here that are encouraging leaving the system and determining quota on their own are among the oldest and strongest houses on this campus. Money talks and they are putting their money where their mouth is. It might not happen this year, but if quota doesn't get reduced one way or another, these three (and three others who are almost on board) will make it happen eventually. The problem is that they are finding that loyalty to a chapter is greatly reduced if you can't live in the house. And the entire national depends on that loyalty.

no. Indian University doesn't follow RFM. Mizzou does. That's why IU does it differently and determine quota on their own. At Mizzou, you don't just get to determine quota on your own. You send in your bid lists, PNM's fill out the MRABA, and you receive a list of the girls you matched with which is dependent on campus's total.You don't get to say "We want our quota to be XYZ".

For now. Word to the wise: never underestimate the power of Mizzou's top sororities. They are what makes Mizzou the envy of Greek Life around the nation.

oh brother..

Actually does use RFM, albeit a special-snowflake version that NPC came up with just for them. Hopefully, though, they'll move to quota and total soon.

The max chapter total at Bama is 392 members. And while their houses may be bigger than ours, I can't say they're prettier. My sister goes there and I have been inside 4-5 chapter houses. None are as beautiful/historical as Mizzou's PiPhi or ADPi houses, as quaint as AXOs or as classic as Kappas.

Pledge classes at Bama, USC (carolina), and many other southern schools is 120 or more. Quota at Mizzou was 85, which pales in comparison. Our pledge classes are far from the largest in the country - there will be no "reducing quota"

Quota has nothing to do with other schools and everything to do with the number of girls still standing on the last day of rush. Last year 2,300+ girls pledged at Bama, not nearly the number as at Mizzou, which is why their pledge classes were larger. But it's irrelevant because while the formula might be the same, the numbers that are plugged into the formula are very different. If fewer girls go through rush I can assure you that quotas will be smaller. And if these houses have their way, pledges classes might be smaller yet. I've heard not more than 75. We'll see.

Wouldn't it HELP the houses who can't meet a quota of 85 girls? And if the best houses are taking fewer, aren't there more girls to go around? It's time for the SKs and Sigmas of the world to rise to the occasion. Either they can run with the big dogs and make quota or they can't. And if they can't, they should leave.

All houses made quota last year. The year before that, Sigma was the only house that didn't. And SK has made quota every year since they came back. Zeta, Phi Mu, SK, KD, APhi, none of the lower tier houses struggle to make quota except Sigma. Doesn't mean they don't have retention problems, but they're not "struggling to make quota"

Look at their numbers now. They may have made quota last August, but they sure lost a lot of girls since then and will be hoping to get more girls than ever during rush.