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Originally Posted by FSUZeta
it has been said that women who did not get the bid that they had hoped for, or got no bid at all, would withdraw from ole miss. by delaying recruitment until midway through the semester, the disappointed pnms are less likely to withdraw.
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Yes and it was also moved back in fall 1997 (my sophomore year) because the University was pursuing a Phi Beta Kappa chapter (which they did receive finally in 2001.) They wanted to "de-emphasize" Greek Life as well. I think there is a thread somewhere on here about that. I'm not good at searching but I bet some of the good searchers on here could find it.
The sorority advisors did put a proposal together this past fall 2010 to see about moving it back to before school starts. However, I have not heard anything from their presentation and proposal. All 9 NPC groups are on board and I believe all of the Fraternities are on board as well to move it back. They just have to get the University on board, which well, that might take an act of God!
ETA: Recruitment does not always happen in October. It based on when there isn't a home football game. So sometimes it can be late September or early October. They usually try to have it at least 4-6 weeks into the semester.
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