Ole Miss Rush/Recruitment~2007

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Seriously. If you add up all 6 NPC sororities on my campus, you get the size of ONE chapter at Ole Miss. Those numbers are amazing.

Try being an adviser....it can be very hard to learn everyone's name and face...usually by the end of the semester I know who they are....but it's not easy...I thought my pledge class in 1996 was big with 52 and that was quota back then! Gosh how things have changed in 11 years!

[KSUViolet06]

I would imagine you'd need to he highly orgaanized just to keep up with the basic info on each girl (name, major, hometown, etc).

Then keeping track of things like dues, fines, etc are probably a nightmare. Taking attendance at your chapter meetings probably takes forever.

[FSUZeta]

not to mention, anyone speaking would need to use a mike!

[OleMissGlitter]

We have done power point slides for big important chapter meetings. It helps to keep their attention and so they don't miss any points!

Yes we use Omega Financial to keep up with billing!

I wonder if anyone uses a microphone during chapter...we have a few, might be a good idea!

[Tennissusan]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Try being an adviser....it can be very hard to learn everyone's name and face...usually by the end of the semester I know who they are....but it's not easy...I thought my pledge class in 1996 was big with 52 and that was quota back then! Gosh how things have changed in 11 years!

With so much interest in Greek Life at Ole Miss why haven't new houses been added? Do you know why ADPi left the campus? It seems like they could easily fill two more
houses. I cannot begin to imagine how you handle being an advisor to that many girls! The AOPi's had the best looking desserts in The Grove...the red velvet cupcakes with AOPi icing looked amazing...On another note explain to me how they
figure out their quota numbers? We use to take the total register and divide by the number of houses...something like that! Does Ole Miss do COB's? Informal Spring Rush?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Tennissusan

With so much interest in Greek Life at Ole Miss why haven't new houses been added? Do you know why ADPi left the campus? It seems like they could easily fill two more
houses. I cannot begin to imagine how you handle being an advisor to that many girls! The AOPi's had the best looking desserts in The Grove...the red velvet cupcakes with AOPi icing looked amazing...On another note explain to me how they
figure out their quota numbers? We use to take the total register and divide by the number of houses...something like that! Does Ole Miss do COB's? Informal Spring Rush?

The easiest question first, quota is the number of girls at pref divided by the number of sororities.

They haven't added new chapters because at Ole Miss, new = bad and most of the women rushing would rather not join a sorority at all if they can't join the "right" one. (Not necessarily the right one for them, the right one socially speaking) Any chapter that left campus carries a stigma of having failed, so even w/ lots of alums they're unlikely to come back.

[aopirose]

The housing issue for a new NPC chapter is also a very serious consideration. The university would have to try and find some land or maybe give up one of the former sorority houses in its possession. Either way, the new group would have to have an awesome pr campaign and deep pockets.

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by Tennissusan

With so much interest in Greek Life at Ole Miss why haven't new houses been added? Do you know why ADPi left the campus? It seems like they could easily fill two more
houses. I cannot begin to imagine how you handle being an advisor to that many girls! The AOPi's had the best looking desserts in The Grove...the red velvet cupcakes with AOPi icing looked amazing...On another note explain to me how they
figure out their quota numbers? We use to take the total register and divide by the number of houses...something like that! Does Ole Miss do COB's? Informal Spring Rush?

Some houses do COB/COR in the spring, but it just depends. I don't know why ADPi left, they were gone in 1996 when I came on. I think it might have been a numbers thing for them. I missed the tent in the Grove this weekend because I had to go home for wedding planning!

But you are right we need at least one more if not two more houses! Also, I think you are right there are less girls registered because of the new grade rules.


ETA: I could see a totally new group coming to campus, but they would have to have lots of money to build a house to compete. Most of the houses here are HUGE with interiors that rival the homes in Southern Living Magazine!

[SECMom]

Didn't everybody make quota last year?

How long has Ole Miss been using release figures?

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