Originally Posted by jane9 (Post 2372500)

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.

Originally Posted by jane9 (Post 2372500)

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.

Originally Posted by magnoliacurious (Post 2372510)

Hey irishpipes, I saw (on greekrank, so I can't guarantee this is accurate) that the new member class size for Alpha Delta Pi was 159, Chi Omega 147, Tri-Delta 150, and Delta Gamma 160. I think the NM sizes for Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi Mu, and Pi Beta Phi have already been given on this thread. Does anyone know and if so, would they mind sharing the numbers for Kappa Delta and Kappa Kappa Gamma? Just curious.

Originally Posted by DubaiSis (Post 2372528)

The huge number of dropouts? Did I miss something between massive drop outs at a school with not realm of enough chapters and pledge classes of 150+? I wouldn't spend one second worrying about the number of girls who are too precious to accept anything except the 1 or 2 chapters they deemed worthy. And FYI, Alpha Phi are pros at colonizations and reading between the lines. Those princesses are NOT shoo ins to the colony.

Originally Posted by AZTheta (Post 2372526)

Oh my.

I disagree with you. It's not the process, it's the entire culture, perpetuated by alumnae and actives alike. Frankly, my dear...

Originally Posted by jolene (Post 2372538)

Those special snowflakes will missing out on a great opportunity to be part of something fabulous--the Ole Miss Greek system and an old and treasured sisterhood. Sort of sounds like those girls who got cut from the Alpha Xi colony rush process and got bitter and starting crap on GR.

Originally Posted by thetalady (Post 2372544)

Alpha Xi is not colonizing. Alpha Phi is. They have not even started their rush yet, just preliminary interviews.

Originally Posted by Hartofsec (Post 2372545)

It sounds like Jolene was commenting to DubaiSis about an Alpha Xi colonization elsewhere that they are familiar with -- not the Alpha Phi Ole Miss colonization.

Originally Posted by jane9 (Post 2372543)

Y'all. Take a deep breath. I do not support "special snowflakes" dropping out or being "too good" to pledge any house.

Agree that the process is the entire culture. I'm not really sure why y'all think I'm spreading rumors. These are actual stories that have been relayed to me.

That's great that Alpha Phi are pros at colonization. I honestly think its great that there will be more houses on campus. My comment about people dropping out in order to look at Alpha Phi wasn't a dig at Alpha Phi (although I understand how it could have been taken that way). It was more that the stories I heard --and yes my sample size is small, was that several PNM's were so discouraged by recruitment that they felt it was best for them to drop out of the system. Not because they are "too good" for XYZ house but because they don't want to be a part of a system that they were shown.

Whatever. Have fun.

Originally Posted by thetalady (Post 2372544)

Alpha Xi is not colonizing. Alpha Phi is. They have not even started their rush yet, just preliminary interviews.

Originally Posted by jane9 (Post 2372500)

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.