University of Mississippi - Ole Miss 2014 Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by MaryPoppins

A dear friend has presented me with a terrible quandry. Yes, I've given the snowflake talk.

PNM is absolutely lovely, gorgeous even, OOS, good family, well behaved, tons of activities, Greeks all over the family tree, and a 2.7 to 2.8 GPA. What should they do? To rush Ole Miss or not rush Ole Miss? If not now, when? And if not Ole Miss where?

GO

Not Arizona. She'll get dropped after Open House rounds by most, if not all, of the chapters.

Suggest she spends a year at minimum in college working on that GPA, sorority should come second. Her HS grades suck. She will likely get a bid as a sophomore at some schools, especially if she's behaved herself freshman year, and made friends in chapters, and achieved good grades (3.0 or better).

Good luck to her.

[MaryPoppins]

More updates to Post#1 coming soon.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

Ole Miss ladies, in the low gpa scenario that has been discussed, would the young woman fair better by not rushing as a freshman, concentrating on her grades, protecting her reputation, and getting involved on campus (especially in clubs or activities that sorority women might also be members of), so that she meets grade requirements and has established friendships with sorority women, which sets her up for sophomore rush,

or,

would it be better to rush fall 2014 with her low gpa and hope that some chapter will be willing to take on a grade risk?

If it's that important to her, I would advise her to get a solid year of community college under her belt and then go to Ole Miss. She can rush on her CC GPA, right?

Her other choice is to go somewhere that isn't Ole Miss or in the SEC, where the sorority recruitment process isn't that intense. At about the same ranking with more chill recruitments are:

Illinois State, Kansas State, Arizona State, Colorado State, Missouri Science and Technology, Washington State.

[MaryPoppins]

There are Chapters at Ole Miss that do not pledge sophomores or have not done so in recent memory. Also there are Chapters that if they cut you your first recruitment then you are cut in every subsequent recruitment from those Chapters.

By the way, I'm told that there will be no Upperclass Quota this year. That may well remain the same for 2015 when Alpha Phi is scheduled to colonize.

Initial post has been updated and due to an upcoming meeting may or may not be additional changes.

[OleMissGlitter]

Here is AOII's new website...not sure why the ole one is still showing up....
http://aoiinubeta.airset.com/

[FSUZeta]

Very nice website!

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Here is AOII's new website...not sure why the ole one is still showing up....
http://aoiinubeta.airset.com/

Thank you! Going to try and update via my iPad. Fingers crossed.

[TriDeltaSallie]

What I can't wrap my mind around is the fact that this girl has it ALL except for grades and no one in her extensive Greek family pushed her relentlessly to get her grades up so she would have a shot at Greek life?

Of, if they did push her relentlessly and she didn't respond... Then she doesn't sound like a good grade risk to me.

How can you grow up in that culture with those kinds of influences and not take the GPA seriously enough?

[Hearttoheart]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

What I can't wrap my mind around is the fact that this girl has it ALL except for grades and no one in her extensive Greek family pushed her relentlessly to get her grades up so she would have a shot at Greek life?

Of, if they did push her relentlessly and she didn't respond... Then she doesn't sound like a good grade risk to me.

How can you grow up in that culture with those kinds of influences and not take the GPA seriously enough?

Trideltasallie makes an excellent point! My girls were reminded all the time of the importance of keeping their grades up! Sounds to me like this girl may need a few years in a junior college before giving a big state school a go. My girls both have distractions every single night of the week, without strong study skills they would be in serious trouble!

[2014rebelpnm]

Hey you guys! Quick question, as I am securing recs I am realizing that finding two for each sorority may not be the most realistic thing for me as I do not know many sorority alumnae. Will one suffice or will I face cuts because I have less than two?

[Hearttoheart]

Originally Posted by 2014rebelpnm

Hey you guys! Quick question, as I am securing recs I am realizing that finding two for each sorority may not be the most realistic thing for me as I do not know many sorority alumnae. Will one suffice or will I face cuts because I have less than two?

My daughter went through recruitment last year at ole miss. She was told by a local Panhellenic rep (who was an Ole Miss alumnae) that she would need one rec for each house (preferably from an Ole Miss alum) and at least 3 to 4 letters of support for each house. IM NOT KIDDING! She followed their advice and had a great recruitment. I'm not sure what happened to the girls who didn't get the same advice. Recruitment at Ole Miss is not for the weak! You have to want it BAD!

[2014rebelpnm]

What exactly is a letter of support?

[Hearttoheart]

Originally Posted by 2014rebelpnm

What exactly is a letter of support?

A "Rec" is a standardized form that is filled out by an alumnae. Each sorority will have a specific form that can usually be found online. One standard Rec form for each sorority is all that you need as far as recs go.

A "Letter of Support" is written by an alumnae on her own stationary that is a bit more personal than a standard form.

We provided each letter of support writer a stamped envelope addressed to the rec writer who attached the support letters to her rec before she submitted to the appropriate person. Resumes, transcripts, test scores, and pictures are also submitted along with the rec.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by Hearttoheart

My daughter went through recruitment last year at ole miss. She was told by a local Panhellenic rep (who was an Ole Miss alumnae) that she would need one rec for each house (preferably from an Ole Miss alum) and at least 3 to 4 letters of support for each house. IM NOT KIDDING! She followed their advice and had a great recruitment. I'm not sure what happened to the girls who didn't get the same advice. Recruitment at Ole Miss is not for the weak! You have to want it BAD!

I have to say that a rec + 3-4 letters seems like overkill, even for Ole Miss. Mary Poppins can correct me, but I really think that 1-2 recs and 1-2 letters is really plenty. Of course, it is more helpful if the recs/ letters are from Ole Miss alumnae.

[AnchorAlumna]

At Ole Miss, a rec + 3-4 letters would be "a start."