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Originally Posted by Ole Miss Mother
I guess I misunderstood some information I received regarding numbers. For example if around 800 girls go through rush, quota may be 80 or so, and there are 9 sororities at Ole Miss. Does that mean the other girls did not get even make it to bid night? I'm just trying to figure this all out; it has been a long time since I was in college! I just don't want to set my daughter up for the impossible.
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The numbers you use would mean that 720 of the 800 had places on bid day. Of the 80 who didn't, my guess would be more than 1/2 dropped out because they didn't like where they were invited back. Getting completely cut out of rush happens, but it's pretty rare.
What makes Ole Miss so competitive is probably more that all 800 want the same groups after round one (and maybe 600 want the same chapters even before recruitment starts). Only 80 get bids to the very top chapter, 160 girls are getting bid to the top two, etc. It's not that competitive to end up in the top nine though.
And as someone noted, the chapters are all solid chapters who offer a great experience. I think the numbers are all good and there's no danger anyone is folding or anything crazy like that.