University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment 2013

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by thetalady

Why would we ever think our own school color is cliche? Rebels love their red and blue!!

Red and Blue dresses are mandatory Game Day attire:

[pnm13]

I was actually thinking the same thing as srattyrebel. Since we will be wearing our navy and red dresses for football, would it be smart to not reuse them during rush? (Or if worn for rush first, reused for a game later.)

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by pnm13

I was actually thinking the same thing as srattyrebel. Since we will be wearing our navy and red dresses for football, would it be smart to not reuse them during rush? (Or if worn for rush first, reused for a game later.)

I would definitely wear the dress for rush FIRST. Then you can wear it on football game day

[pnm13]

Originally Posted by thetalady

I would definitely wear the dress for rush FIRST. Then you can wear it on football game day

This sounds perfect! Thanks

[OldOleMiss]

Hi all- I found this site while helping a friends daughter get ready for SEC rush... (I live up north these days)--- I registered just so I could comment on the topic of getting in to an Ole Miss sorority without knowing anyone. I went through Ole Miss rush in the late 1980's. I was from out of state and did not know one single person at Ole Miss when I arrived. THANKFULLY I was blissfully unaware of how competitive rush was or I may not have even attempted it :-). That being said... I came down and had at least 2 recs for each house. I am not sure what I was expecting but it never occurred to me that "bid list were done" in advance. I had what many considered a great rush being asked back through skit rounds to every single house. I was in a position of being the cutter instead of the cut. I came out of skit round feeling very positive about where / what house I would end up and was DEVASTATED when I went to pick up my pref invites and had been cut from all but 3 houses (none of which were houses that I had even considered). People on my hall (mostly girls from Mississippi) cheered me up by pointing out that because I was from out of state and because I did not know anyone I was VERY LUCKY to have even made it as far as pref and to have a choice of 3. I went to pref night even though I was not exactly thrilled- I kept an open mind as everyone said to do. Two of the houses I found myself thinking "I could fit in here" and one house, as soon as I walked in the door pref night, I knew was not for me. This was well before the days of "guaranteed bid if you maximized your choices"- so I did not even list the third on my bid card and thought I would be equally happy with either of my 2. I did get my "first choice" and at the end of the day I could not have been happier!!! It took a little while but I finally realized the system did in fact work. I would not have been happy or made "true sisters" at what I thought originally was my "top house".... I would have had nothing in common with a lot of the girls and would have had a hard time breaking into the cliques that had grown up with each other, already had established relationships, etc.. etc... In the end the house I picked was the right house for me.

Two of the three houses that invited me back had girls from my home state in them. I didn't know them personally before rush began but it was an "instant" connection if you will... I found out after rush was over that they had been the ones lobbying for me to get a bid. I also found out much later from a girl in one of my original "top houses" who had rushed me and I became good friends with- that everyone in her house "loved me" but at the end of the day between legacies and girls that they knew personally there just was not enough slots to take a chance on someone they liked, had good grades and recs but no one could personally "vouch for". The bottom line with rush is YES it always helps to know people but NO you are not doomed if you don't know people. The connections that you can make at the parties really do help. Like the girls from my home state that sought me out and later ended up pushing for me. Trust the system, have fun and remember that sometimes the house you think is the right one may not actually be the right one for you.


PS: on the topic of dresses- YES its cliche but its also what everyone else will be wearing :-) Not to date myself but I had a PRECIOUS Red and Blue Laura Ashely dress that I wore skit rounds... that I still think back on with love :-)

[carnation]

^^^ This is great!

[FSUZeta]

Welcome OldOleMiss. Thank you for your insight!

[MaryPoppins]

Welcome OldOlemiss!

And on the subject of recommendations etc., the Chapters are about to begin their Work Weeks very soon. If you do not have your recommendations in, get them in!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by OldOleMiss

I would have had nothing in common with a lot of the girls and would have had a hard time breaking into the cliques that had grown up with each other, already had established relationships, etc.. etc...

QFT

[pnm13]

Thanks OldOleMiss! Your story was wonderful.

Just one more question on dresses-- for pref, should black dresses be avoided?

[srattyrebel]

Thank you OldOleMiss! I enjoyed reading your story! Hopefully as an oos pnm I will also find the right place for me!

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by pnm13

Just one more question on dresses-- for pref, should black dresses be avoided?

Some of the Chapters wear black for Pref, and others have worn white in the past. There is a a chance you might just blend-in. My pref dress was black, but that was also 1982 and I pledged my Legacy Chapter. Use black dresses with caution.

[carnation]

Does anyone remember that fairly recent story about a PNM's mom jumping out of the bushes to take a picture of her daughter's recruitment schedule and--what, did she get hurt?

[DubaiSis]

I think she fell out of a tree.

[newtoolemiss]

Is it true that bid lists are already done before students arrive to ole miss or is that a rumor?.