University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment 2013

[MU2Driver]

Originally Posted by ElvisLover

Ole Miss has taken helicopter parenting to a whole new level.

Yep. For all the moms of PNMs who insist on going, I will be selling magnolia camo from a push cart on campus. Cha-CHING!

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by MU2Driver

Yep. For all the moms of PNMs who insist on going, I will be selling magnolia camo from a push cart on campus. Cha-CHING!

ROFL (thank heavens I'm in my office and not in public!)

[MaryPoppins]

Actually have heard from some out of town alumnae coming to work Recruitment that they were unable to find hotel reservations past Monday of Recruitment. Since I haven't tried (I live in Oxford) I don't know if she as just being picky or if everything is booked up.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by MU2Driver

Yep. For all the moms of PNMs who insist on going, I will be selling magnolia camo from a push cart on campus. Cha-CHING!

PRICELESS!!!!! You might want to include some carabiners and climbing rope for the moms who prefer to hide in the trees for a bird's eye view!

[Hearttoheart]

Since we are from OOS, and heard that getting a bid was much harder for non-mississippi girls, we booked a room to make sure we were going to be there "just in case" she doesn't receive a bid. We are only going to be there Friday & Saturday night and we will fly home Sunday after bid day activities. If she doesn't need any extra encouragement, dinner at the City Grocery alone will make the trip worth it!

I feel like after all the work I put into the rush packets, the resume, the pictures, the frantic phone calls to my friends for recs, that I should at least get to share in some of the fun! Watching my daughter run to her new home on bid day will totally be worth the trip.

MP - We booked our room three months ago and found one of the last rooms in town at a exaggerated price. Tried last week to book one additional room, Batesville was the closest we could get. Your friend was not being picky, there are literally no rooms available for this weekend!

I guess that gives you a clue about how many parents will be there for bid day!

[OleMissGlitter]

I don't have a problem with parents coming to Bid Day...although it is next level with how many attend compared to 1996 when I pledged and even when I was a chapter advisor in the early 2000s. With that being said, the best thing as a parent you can do is to be supportive. If your daughter ends up at her 2nd or even 3rd choice then please be supportive. If she ends up at her first choice and it wasn't your legacy house be supportive too. Also, let her have her time with her family of sisters. I think it is perfectly appropriate to stick around and attend the small parties that the chapters will have on Bid Day at their house. But if the chapter is going somewhere else for more fun (some do Double Decker tours, some have fun in the Grove with bounce houses, etc) then I suggest you don't attend that. It can make older members and even advisors feel uncomfortable if there are parents lurking. I know my parents did not come up and I don't think I would have wanted them there. This was my experience. I shared with them my journey as a PNM through the phone and they were just fine. Also keep in mind, that with over 300 members after bid day in each chapter things can be tight at the houses. So when you add a pledge class’ moms/dads/aunts/etc it can be very crowded! So, keep that in mind. I know last year of a mom who met her daughter at her new sorority and hugged her, gave her some flowers, and then she left. To me, that is a perfect way to show support! A little hug, a little happy, and then a “sweetie give me a call later tonight” is ideal! Just my two cents.