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Originally Posted by MaryPoppins
It's allegedly 2-3 out of 9 groups, and next years colony will make 10. PNM classes are expected to be 150.
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Jumping in as the mom of a PNM at Ole Miss...
With water parties being tomorrow, we talked today about any preconceptions she may have already about each chapter. Coming from an area far from Mississippi, she was able to go to Ole Miss with all the chapters being on even footing in her mind. HOWEVER, already she had started to develop an opinion on a couple of the chapters based on what some Mississippi folks have told her.
No matter how much I try to downplay what she has been told during her week there and no matter how much she tries to ignore it, the fact is that it's already in her mind. No matter how much I say, "Keep an open mind about ALL the chapters and form your own opinions," what she has heard will be in the back of her mind. For that reason, I would have loved for recruitment to have been at the beginning of school.
I know that some girls from the area or with deep ties to Ole Miss may already have formed ideas about what chapters they want, but at least for those that do not have those ties, it would make it easier for each chapter to have the opportunity to stand on their own merits and each PNM to form opinions based on what the chapters presented to them.
I still feel that she is going into recruitment excited to learn about all 9 sororities, rather than just 2 or 3, and open to them all, but I feel badly for the girls who have already narrowed their options, even before the beginning of recruitment.
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