Newbierebmom - keep us posted!

And ThetaLady we so love your encouragement and positive attitude. My mom was a theta at UT -

Okay, phew....just hung up. She got invited to 5; 3 tonight and 2 tomorrow night.

My D has a school activity each night from 7 to 10 so she only made it to 3 houses for philanthropy round so she was excited to get invited to 5 for skit!!! She was also cut from 2 of her top ones as well but was relieved she got invites to 5.

She is happy and excited that the skit rounds are scheduled around her schedule so she will be able to make all 5.

And she was excused from her activity Sat & Sun so she will be available for all recruitment activities those days!

YAY! Hurry Sunday!!

I have a question I am hoping some of the Ole Miss or recruitment experts can answer.

I just received an email from a darling young woman I sponsored. I also helped obtain sponsorships for other houses to increase her chances of a positive recruitment experience. She was released from all houses but one tonight. I knew she might not fair well in a large formal recruitment but this makes me sick as she would be a great asset to a house. She is very open to the remaining house as well as the ADPi colony.

However, she is under the impression that if she is released by the one remaining house after tomorrow, she will not be able to participate in the colonization process. PNM is thinking of dropping out of recruitment tomorrow so she can pursue the colony. Can anyone give me some guidance? I am just so sad for this sweet young woman.

Oh no ggforever. I am so sorry to hear that.

I don't have any expertise but just wanted to say that I was so sorry.

Maybe she can ask her gamma chi tomorrow? Again, so sorry....

I am not an expert by any means, but wanted to give you a little peace of mind until the REAL experts get here. As long as a PNM does not sign a bid card after pref, then she should be eligible for the ADPi colony recruitment. If she is released prior to pref, she is also eligible to pledge the colony. I am 99.9% certain that this is correct. I don't see any reason why she cannot go to pref. She just has to decide prior to signing the bid card.

I am sorry that this girl was released from so many houses, but she DOES still have one. You know what to tell her... it only takes one :)

Aren't you sweet!! I am not always known for a positive attitude ;)People get to me and occasionally strip my "cherub-like demeanor" away.

No, no, no. If she is released by all chapters, she is eligible for colony recruitment. The only thing that would make her ineligible would be to sign a bid card after pref, match to a chapter, and decline the bid.

DeltaBabyDelta is correct. Only if she signs the bid card after pref and matches to that group is she ineligible.

For those who will be in Oxford Saturday night, I'd like to suggest going to support Ole Miss Theatre's production of The Laramie Project at 7:30 pm at Meek Auditorium.

For those not aware, there has been news media coverage of some students' behavior while in the audience of the play earlier this week, including shouting gay slurs aloud during the performance.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...-play/2915257/

The football players apparently were in the audience as required by their taking an Introduction to Theatre course. The timing is pretty bad, too, as this happened right after Creed Week which focused on accepting everyone ....

I usually watch Ole Miss football games every week, but this week I'll be at the theatre!

Thank you so much for your help. I have passed along the information and I hope she decides to at least go to skits tonight, and hopefully prefs, before she makes her decision.

PNM made a reference to the colony being a "sure thing" and not getting rejected any more. I told her that, even though colonies take women from each class, it is far from a sure thing. She is an academic sophomore, out-of-state with no legacy, so I had told her at the beginning that her options are very limited.

On the plus side, she had several friends from women in houses call her to say how sorry they were that she was released and encouraged her to continue in recruitment.

I am so confused. I've read through the thread and I still don't understand. If a PNM goes back to 3 prefs, does that mean she will get a bid to at least one of them?

@ggforever - sounds like she fell victim to the "no upperclassman quota" this year. Tough year for upperclassman! I could be wrong here, but I heard that Adpi will not be taking anyone with a gpa below a 3.0. If she has the grades, she sounds like a good candidate for them!

@GCBB - there are no guaranteed bids at ole miss.

Okay, so explain what happens next. Today is the second skit night, and then is there another cut before tomorrow night?

Yes. Tonight the girls will rank as before and list the 3 they would most like to return to and then rank any remaining ones they have left. The sorority members are voting as well.
Tomorrow afternoon around 1 pm, I think, they will meet their rush counselors and get their schedule for the afternoon. Girls can go to a maximum of 3 pref parties. Of course, some girls might only have 1 or 2 and that's fine! As everyone says "it only takes one!"