Recruitment at Southern Mississippi

[ladybug12]

I believe that freshman quota was 28, and upperclassman quota was 5 for a total of 33.

Last year freshman quota was 23 and upperclassman quota was 3.

Congratulations to all!!!

[TupeloHoney]

Yes, she got Pi Phi which was not her 1st choice after the first day house visits, but after visiting the house a few more times and meeting more sisters she is now VERY happy and content with where she was placed!! I think she will have a wonderful experience and make some fabulous new friends.

I hope her experience goes to show other PNM, many times you are placed where you belong, you just don't realize it right away

Mom2girls, I heard many went home, about 60 girls? May just be a rumor though. My niece considered going home after her favorites cut her, but she began to feel an affinity for Pi Phi and is now relieved she hung in there (but is was very close LOL).

[carnation]

TupeloHoney, check your private messages!

And yay for a new Pi Phi!

[Southern Mom]

At least Southern Miss now places all women who make it through pref and maximize their options.

In past years there were those rare instances in which PNMs made it through pref, maximized their options, only to be cut during the bid matching process. Now THAT is a brutal outcome to recruitment.

[carnation]

That was unfortunately pretty common back in my SEC days, even for legacies. At Arkansas, both my roommate (a legacy) and another cheerleader went to the maximum parties possible and they still got the dreaded phone call.

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by TupeloHoney

Yes, she got Pi Phi which was not her 1st choice after the first day house visits, but after visiting the house a few more times and meeting more sisters she is now VERY happy and content with where she was placed!! I think she will have a wonderful experience and make some fabulous new friends.

I hope her experience goes to show other PNM, many times you are placed where you belong, you just don't realize it right away

Mom2girls, I heard many went home, about 60 girls? May just be a rumor though. My niece considered going home after her favorites cut her, but she began to feel an affinity for Pi Phi and is now relieved she hung in there (but is was very close LOL).

A few of my classmates from high school are MS Alpha Pi Beta Phi alumnae. Great chapter. One of them is an advisor now for them too. So she is in really good hands!