Quick SEC question

[OleMissGlitter]

Mississippi State is very Competitive....All of their houses are very good and are top chapters.

Chapters are:
Phi Mu
Tri Delta
ZTA
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma
Kappa Delta

Their recruitment ended two weeks ago I think.

http://www.msstate.edu/org/panhellenic/

[Elephant Walk]

Seeing as it is in the Southeastern Conference, I would assume that it is, indeed "considered" an SEC school. I don't consider it as tough to get in as say auburn, alabama, ole miss, georgia, but it's tough still.

[UGAalum94]

They have fewer groups and some have been around forever. I think it's it's pretty tough.

[carnation]

Let me think, orchid2...it's competitive in a slightly different way from some of the others. I felt that more so at State, it's harder to get your bid of choice if you're from out of state. State doesn't have as many out of staters as, say, Ole Miss or Bama. Someone once remarked on GC that everyone in Mississippi seems to know everyone else there and I was often astounded by how true that seemed. Sorority members from the coast would talk about how they knew these 3 girls from Tupelo from camp or those 2 girls from Laurel from a pageant. I often felt that some of the sororities went into rush with their bid list already made out.

A PNM had better have something incredible that makes her stand out if she doesn't know any Greek women before rush.

There are 6 sororities but State has lost 4 since I was there.

[Elephant Walk]

That's true at Arkansas as well however. Give me any town, and I most likely I probably know someone you know.

[orchid2]

Thanks for the responses! Hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday weekend.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by carnation

Let me think, orchid2...it's competitive in a slightly different way from some of the others. I felt that more so at State, it's harder to get your bid of choice if you're from out of state. State doesn't have as many out of staters as, say, Ole Miss or Bama. Someone once remarked on GC that everyone in Mississippi seems to know everyone else there and I was often astounded by how true that seemed. Sorority members from the coast would talk about how they knew these 3 girls from Tupelo from camp or those 2 girls from Laurel from a pageant. I often felt that some of the sororities went into rush with their bid list already made out.

A PNM had better have something incredible that makes her stand out if she doesn't know any Greek women before rush.

There are 6 sororities but State has lost 4 since I was there.

Carnation - Do they have the same issue as has been discussed about Ole Miss and other schools, i.e. PNMs will only consider certain houses? What groups did they have that closed?

[carnation]

Pretty much, although it used to be worse; they really only wanted one group back in the day but would settle for 3 others. There were 2 more that were conisdered "medium". Many dropped out if they were left with the 3 groups that folded after I graduated. There was a fourth group that left but they came after I was gone.

[NUBlue&Blue]

I have a good friend who was a Kappa there, but their chapter closed, I believe when they couldn't build a house (that's hearsay...)

Her younger sisters were Phi Mus. That chapter still looks, by the website anyway, to be very strong.