University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) 2012 Recruitment

[Always AlphaGam]

Originally Posted by Irish22

I have decided after much thought that I really want to rush this year, but I will be rushing as a junior because I am transferring to Ole Miss this fall. I need help no one in my family was ever in Greek life so I have no recommendation letters and I really don't know how or where to get them. So if someone could help me out with how to get them as well as any other advice you would like to give me I would be so grateful!

It was strongly recommended that recs be sent by August 1st. You just decided NOW that you wanted to rush?

You're a Junior, a transfer, with no recs. Best of luck to you. To say it'll be difficult is an understatement.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by Irish22

I have decided after much thought that I really want to rush this year, but I will be rushing as a junior because I am transferring to Ole Miss this fall.

OK, Irish, let's approach this a little bit differently since I am among those who usually discourage women in your position.

What is going to entice a chapter to extend a bid to you instead of the 1200 (or whatever number) mostly freshman girls who have been preparing for recruitment for many, many months?

What kind of super shiny, glittery qualifications are going to make you stand head & shoulders above your younger competition that already have their references in place? References that have been studied for months by women already in the sororities at Ole Miss?

- Do you have a STELLAR (3.75+) GPA from a well respected university?

- Did you start some kind of charitable drive to feed kids in underprivileged countries or lead a rebuilding efforts in Haiti or collect donations for war veterans?

- Were you president of your former university's student association or service organization?

Tell us what makes you the super special snowflake junior that they will want to take a chance on?

[Irish22]

Originally Posted by thetalady

OK, Irish, let's approach this a little bit differently since I am among those who usually discourage women in your position.

What is going to entice a chapter to extend a bid to you instead of the 1200 (or whatever number) mostly freshman girls who have been preparing for recruitment for many, many months?

What kind of super shiny, glittery qualifications are going to make you stand head & shoulders above your younger competition that already have their references in place? References that have been studied for months by women already in the sororities at Ole Miss?

- Do you have a STELLAR (3.75+) GPA from a well respected university?

- Did you start some kind of charitable drive to feed kids in underprivileged countries or lead a rebuilding efforts in Haiti or collect donations for war veterans?

- Were you president of your former university's student association or service organization?

Tell us what makes you the super special snowflake junior that they will want to take a chance on?

I am transferring from a school in DC with a 4.0 and I did volunteer work Monday through Friday at the veteran hospitals there. I am transferring because my fiancée got moved to a base in the south and I fell in love with ole miss when I visited. I realized my situation wasn't the best from the start that's why I was asking for people's options by no means did I think I had the best chance or was entitled to a bid, sorry if I came off that way.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Irish22

I am transferring from a school in DC with a 4.0 and I did volunteer work Monday through Friday at the veteran hospitals there. I am transferring because my fiancée got moved to a base in the south and I fell in love with ole miss when I visited. I realized my situation wasn't the best from the start that's why I was asking for people's options by no means did I think I had the best chance or was entitled to a bid, sorry if I came off that way.

It's nothing you said. It's that we get this question over and over and over again, and we answer it over and over and over again. So, when someone asks it anew, it means either they didn't read what is already posted, or they thing that, for some reason, the stuff already posted doesn't apply to them.

[thetalady]

Thank you, DBB! Irish, she explained my comments perfectly.

Assuming that your qualifications are true, I think you probably have a better chance than other junior PNMs that I have heard of. Recs are still going to be a big issue for you at this very late date, but perhaps not a deal killer. I hope you give it a try and let us know how it goes. Good luck!

[Titchou]

Do a search on this site for rec letters. You'll find explicit instructions for getting them. It matters not that no one in your family has been Greek.

[MaryPoppins]

Reading the very first post of the thread includes a direct link to solid information on obtaining recs.

[gee_ess]

Just had to share an experience I had this week and ask you for your input.

A local girl called to ask for a rec to Ole Miss (we are out of state). I said I would be glad to and expressed concern at the late date, encouraging her to be timely in getting the rest of her recs and to impress upon her rec writers to get them mailed in quickly. Her response was to explain to me (thank you, dear, bless your heart!) that rush was not until mid September. I tried to explain that the sorority girls will be arriving at school early for work week, learning the PNMs info, etc and that is why recs really need to be there sooner rather than later. We had a nice conversation. I tried not to be too pushy about it but still feel I am right.

Then I ran into her mother who told me they had called Greek Life regarding these recs and the Greek Life office told her she was fine, it was not too late, etc. (what?)

Question - Do the Ole Miss girls have a work week? I have always assumed so, but maybe I am wrong? And, despite what I have read, and feel I know, about Ole Miss rush, the response by the GL office kind of freaked me out and made me feel I had mislead and freaked out the PNM.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by gee_ess

Then I ran into her mother who told me they had called Greek Life regarding these recs and the Greek Life office told her she was fine, it was not too late, etc. (what?)

Question - Do the Ole Miss girls have a work week? I have always assumed so, but maybe I am wrong? And, despite what I have read, and feel I know, about Ole Miss rush, the response by the GL office kind of freaked me out and made me feel I had mislead and freaked out the PNM.

No, she is not "too" late but she is "damned" late. They aren't going to discourage anyone from signing up but they did tell her the truth. And yes, some groups do work week before school starts.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by gee_ess

JQuestion - Do the Ole Miss girls have a work week? I have always assumed so, but maybe I am wrong? And, despite what I have read, and feel I know, about Ole Miss rush, the response by the GL office kind of freaked me out and made me feel I had mislead and freaked out the PNM.

Yes, chapters here have work weeks. And yes, it's late to be submitting recommendations/references. She needs to go in and treat the invitations she receives each day as if those were the only houses on campus.

[gee_ess]

Tell us what makes you the super special snowflake junior that they will want to take a chance on?

I dont think she is acting like a special snowflake at all. She isn't acting entitled or spoiled. True, being a junior will be a very, very tough recruitment- especially for a transfer, and i think her chances are slim based on that. I just think Irish22 is just like the rest of the pnm pool - she wants to experience what we all know and love: membership in a NPC.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by gee_ess

I dont think she is acting like a special snowflake at all. She isn't acting entitled or spoiled. True, being a junior will be a very, very tough recruitment- especially for a transfer, and i think her chances are slim based on that. I just think Irish22 is just like the rest of the pnm pool - she wants to experience what we all know and love: membership in a NPC.

I am sorry if I implied that she was acting like a special snowflake HERE. I didn't mean to.

I was asking what qualifications she has that could help her overcome our usual cautions to

1. a junior transfer
2. coming to recruitment at one of the most competitive schools in the South,
3. with no recs,
4. EXTREMELY late in the process.

Not trying to imply that she was being spoiled at all...

[28StGreek]

Originally Posted by thetalady

I am sorry if I implied that she was acting like a special snowflake HERE. I didn't mean to.

I was asking what qualifications she has that could help her overcome our usual cautions...

Hopefully she was competing at the Olympics, that's one reason which would definitely overcome her situation.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by 28StGreek

Hopefully she was competing at the Olympics, that's one reason which would definitely overcome her situation.

[Quickly wiping ice water off my laptop screen and keyboard]

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by 28StGreek

Hopefully she was competing at the Olympics, that's one reason which would definitely overcome her situation.

Nicely played.