Hooray!!! That is the best news!!!! How did I miss that you were a Phi Mu?? ME TOO!!! One of my daughter's closest friends on her hall also pledge Phi Mu, her name is Shelby and she is cute, cute, cute!!! I hope maybe you will come back here and give us some scoop on how she likes her pledge class. I am fascinated with how in the world they set up activities and get these girls together to help them bond as a pledge class and start feeling at home in their new houses (I remember those first couple weeks can be a bit awkward if you're not specifically meeting someone to eat lunch or just hang out together).

PLEASE post a photo :)
Kristy

Ladybug, thank you for your good wishes for my JB, I can't thank you enough for how welcome you made me feel on this forum and how helpful you've been. I feel blessed to have had the support I've found here and that my girl is beginning her sorority life with such a happy smile on her face. You can't tell, but she is full of happy tears standing in front of the bid day banner at Pi Phi. Makes me so thankful.

Since Pi Phi's convention was in Chicago in June, you probably saw some of the attendees!

From the mom of a Pi Phi, congratulations to the new angels! We just got back from Parents' Weekend at W&L and had a great time at the annual Pi Phi parents' reception. I even wore a Pi Phi sticker.

Congrats to you both! I know she will love it! Our old rush advisor posted some pics of Bid Day on Facebook yesterday. I loved the hot pink bid day jerseys!!!

I wish that we could bottle the happiness and kindness in this thread. :)

AOII 154
Phi Mu 153


My how they've grown:
Quota 2005 84
Quota 2006 91
Quota 2007 84
Quota 2008 84
Quota 2009 83
Quota 2010 92
Quota 2011 127
Quota 2012 127
Quota 2013 117 (ADPi colonized)
Quota 2014 130
Quota 2015 142 (APhi to colonize)

Total has gone from about 214 to 399 as well.

Alpha Phi colony interviews are happening beginning Tuesday. ELCs have been on campus since August I think. Super excited to join the Ole Miss community -- greener grows our ivy!

My rec girl emailed me today to share that she pledged ADPi!! She said in the past that she didn't have any social media so I'm hopeful that she'll send me some pictures I can share:)

Congratulations to all the girls on finding their homes! I hope they find joy in their sisterhoods throughout their lives. :)

There are photos of Ole Miss Bid Day at ΔΔΔ, ΑΟΠ, ΚΑΘ, ΠΒΦ, ΑΔΠ, ΚΚΓ, ΔΓ, and ΦΜ in the Bid day thread. Personally, I posted what I could find on social media. Enjoy!

Bid Day Pics
 

If you "like" University Photo on Facebook there are loads of bid day pictures, too. I love Bid Day!

As enrollment has increased at Ole Miss, only natural that interest in Greek Life would increase. Seems they could use a few more unless they're going to cap enrollment. But enrollment = $.

A little girl I have known since she was 7 just joined Pi Beta Phi! She is so happy and so excited!!

I can't imagine having 400 members in a chapter. How many sisters do the houses sleep? You'd need a lecture hall to have chapter meeting. lol

There is a lot of building and adding going on at Ole Miss but I think most are in the 50-65 bed range.

I'm an Ole Miss alumna. Had a few friends with daughters who went through. All fantastic women, with several legacies, who knew active members, etc. I normally just lurk here but had to come out to laugh at the idea that the "number of girls dropping out is in part to look at Alpha Phi". Girl, please. From the few stories I heard the tent talk sounded horrendous. It's always been there but I think I'm just floored at the viciousness of it. Many girls dropped out in favor of being GDI rather than pledge XYZ house.

The stories I've heard from this year make me extremely sad. I have a niece who will be a freshman next year and no way in hell would I let her go to Ole Miss let alone go through Ole Miss rush.

Sorry to be Debbie Downer, just can't stop shaking my head. That's not to say I think greek life is bad in general or at Ole Miss. I think many women wind up with great memories. But the process is beyond messed up (in my eyes) at this school.