Ole Miss... Let's discuss!

[Angels&Arrows]

Originally posted by russellwarshay
Any sorority, including those who have recently failed at Ole Miss, can successfully colonize there. Its very simple. From reading this thread, Ole Miss has the most superficial greek system in the country. Don't fight it, go with it.

Though your "plan" might work at FSU, I firmly believe it would fail at Ole Miss. Ole Miss greek system itself is not so superficial, it is based more on tradition and legacy. Most of the young ladies who attend Ole Miss are following in their mother or father's footsteps, and being a southern women, they happen to be naturally beautiful . Mother's want their daughter's to continue on with family tradition. PNMs want to join the chapters they grew-up seeing on campus on those fall Saturday afternoons. I am well aware at FSU recs do not play as large a role in recruitment, as does beauty and clothes labels. At Ole Miss, recs, family tradtion, legacy, high school, church and finance's come before beauty (not that it is not considerd).

As I mentioned earlier: This year 92% of the 889 PNM's particitpating in Formal Recruitment were placed in one of the nine chapters! Quota was set at 86, which all nine chapters met! However, more than half of the sororities on campus took a pledge class of 90+ NMs! I am hard pressed to find another campus that can match the University of Mississippi's placement rate this year (and I doubt anyone else could on a campus with 500+ PNM rushing). I think that it is more likely that the majority of the 8% were released by the "ONE" sorority they had to have, so they dropped out, as opposed to being released by all nine chapters.

Recruitment is in October, most of the young ladies that are interested in Greek Life rush at that time. If we were to use your formula, less than 80 girls would be interested in the New Chapter... hummm, all nine chapters at Ole Miss are close to, at or over 200 members. You also have to think about the cost of a house... It is a large committment.

I am sure it is possible, however it must be a chapter that bleeds southern tradition. One that the PNMs mother was possibly in at LSU, MSU, Southern Miss, UT, UA, UAL or AU. Most of those chapters are represented on campus already. You also have to think about the cost of a house... It is a large committment.