[OleMissGlitter]

I'm the Chapter Adviser for AOII at Ole Miss and if have read any other posts about Ole Miss Greeks you know it is a very big system. We only have 9 sororities as of right now.

Anyway, I think that size can matter and I can think of one example where it did matter. A few years ago some sororities at Ole Miss had to "double rush" meaning, one actives sister would pick up more than one rushee for a round of rush and talk to her. Some rushees (PNMs) look at this as a weakness. Therefore, I think at Ole Miss it does matter what size you are. However, with the large New Member classes this past year, all of the chapters are pretty close in numbers, therefore it doesn't matter as of right now. However, I can remember when on sorority who is no longer at Ole Miss, only had about 60-75 members, when the rest of the houses were rushing that year with 125-150 members. That difference affected that house in a big way because they were seen as not doing something right because they were smaller than the majority of the houses. However, they still had the same quality girls that all of the other houses had, they just didn't have the numbers.

Size also matters in the aspect of events on campus. For Sigma Chi Derby Day there are points given to the sorority with the most members attending points, if your chapter only had 100 members and the others have 200, of course you cannot possible win. Derby Day also has the sororities dance in a dance off, where everyone in the chapter dances, you don't want to get out there and dance with only 100 girls when everyone else has 200. That would not be a good thing because Potential New Members come to Derby Day to visit their friends in sororities. It is a big Recruiting weekend before all contact with sororities ends at the end of the Spring semester. Anyway, I think it does matter. And I think it can matter whether or not you have a house to fill with 60 beds. I mean if you don't have the numbers then your house won't be filled and then you will have to spend more money on a house and not on swaps, socials, sisterhoods, etc.


That's my thoughts.