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Originally Posted by carnation

So a mom of a fall SEC PNM tells me that false rush information is being given out in those Class of 2017 Facebook groups. Girls will tell other PNMs (along with announcing which bids they will and won't accept) that they don't need recs, for instance.

Often they're telling this to girls from faraway sections of the country and these girls may well be behind the eight ball in recruitment since they're relatively unknown to the members. Another thought is that they might be trying to purposely sabotage other PNMs. Should school Panhellenics be notified?

This is quoted from another thread on Greekchat, but it spurred me to search for similar bad advice related to Ole Miss. Didn't find any FaceBook Ole Miss Class groups with bad recruitment advice (it may exist and I didn't find it), but I did find where a PNM was asking a question at Yahoo! Answers, and another at some random sorority advice blog.

The mains questions regarding Ole Miss were:

1) Is it okay to go into recruitment with less than a 3.0 high school GPA?

Correct Answer: It's fine to go into Recruitment with a less than 3.0 HS GPA, however, the Chapters at Ole Miss compete fiercely in academics. If they accept a grade risk (under 3.0 is a grade risk) that PNM has to be very, very special. Every year it does happen that one or two grade risks are offered a bid, and every year there are also a few women with perfect GPAs that go without a bid for some reason or other. Just know that if you have a second recruitment as a sophomore, with a good GPA, your choices will be limited to those chapters that offer bids to sophomores. Not every Ole Miss chapter will offer a bid to a sophomore.

2) How do I find out which chapters are high status chapters and low status chapters at my school?

Correct Answer: This is the wrong question to be asking about Ole Miss or any Greek campus. There is so much interest in Greek Life at Ole Miss that another Chapter is coming on campus this year with the strong possibility of another Chapter in 2015. If you limit yourself to certain chapters, or develop preconceived attitudes about the chapters, you are harming your chances of being a Greek. Some Ole Miss Chapters will release a PNM, in a second recruitment just because they have released that PNM previously. That's just their policy. And some Ole Miss chapters rarely take sophomores. Please form your opinions by meeting the members of the chapters, by observing them before recruitment or meeting face to face during recruitment. You want the chapters to give you a chance by meeting you before they decide, so keep an open mind in return.