Worried Mom

[Ole Miss Mother]

I guess I misunderstood some information I received regarding numbers. For example if around 800 girls go through rush, quota may be 80 or so, and there are 9 sororities at Ole Miss. Does that mean the other girls did not get even make it to bid night? I'm just trying to figure this all out; it has been a long time since I was in college! I just don't want to set my daughter up for the impossible.

[KSUViolet06]

Something to think about is that each day, girls receive lists of which chapters invited them back. Often, girls who are not happy with their invites will withdraw from the procss altogether. That affects the decrease in numbers everyday too.

[Ole Miss Mother]

Good point, I did not think of that. Do you or anyone else know if there is also Spring recruitment at Ole Miss, or is it just in the fall?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Ole Miss Mother

Good point, I did not think of that. Do you or anyone else know if there is also Spring recruitment at Ole Miss, or is it just in the fall?

Spring recruitment is VERY unlikely at Ole Miss. The chapters typically fill to total in the fall.

[Ole Miss Mother]

Thanks for the positive feedback. Although she will not be on any hometown watch list, I feel she has alot to offer a chapter. She has an open mind and does not have her heart set on any certain chapter, mainlybecause she doesn't know anyone! Maybe that will end up being a positive for her afterall.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Ole Miss Mother

I guess I misunderstood some information I received regarding numbers. For example if around 800 girls go through rush, quota may be 80 or so, and there are 9 sororities at Ole Miss. Does that mean the other girls did not get even make it to bid night? I'm just trying to figure this all out; it has been a long time since I was in college! I just don't want to set my daughter up for the impossible.

Don't get hornswaggled by some of the things you may see online..

"3000 girls signed up for rush and only 800 got bids!"
"We have the most competitive rush in the country, only 25% of rushees receive a bid!"

A lot of the people who say these things are either trying to make their Greek system sound more prestigious than it is, or don't know what they are talking about. The "3000 girls" may include girls whose grades didn't measure up and were cut because of that, or women who went to the opening info sessions and dropped out. They were never really IN rush to begin with so it's kind of misleading to say they "didn't get a bid."

Quota is the number of rushees after either pref or the next to last round (sorry, I always screw this up) divided by the number of sororities. Period. If 800 girls are at pref, quota will be 88. Quota is a changeable number - they do not "cap" it just because there are more rushees going through than usual.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Ole Miss Mother

I guess I misunderstood some information I received regarding numbers. For example if around 800 girls go through rush, quota may be 80 or so, and there are 9 sororities at Ole Miss. Does that mean the other girls did not get even make it to bid night? I'm just trying to figure this all out; it has been a long time since I was in college! I just don't want to set my daughter up for the impossible.

The numbers you use would mean that 720 of the 800 had places on bid day. Of the 80 who didn't, my guess would be more than 1/2 dropped out because they didn't like where they were invited back. Getting completely cut out of rush happens, but it's pretty rare.

What makes Ole Miss so competitive is probably more that all 800 want the same groups after round one (and maybe 600 want the same chapters even before recruitment starts). Only 80 get bids to the very top chapter, 160 girls are getting bid to the top two, etc. It's not that competitive to end up in the top nine though.

And as someone noted, the chapters are all solid chapters who offer a great experience. I think the numbers are all good and there's no danger anyone is folding or anything crazy like that.

[OleMissGlitter]

I wouldn't worry about being from out-of-state. There are plenty of out-of-state members in all nine sororities at Ole Miss. You can also look at some of the chapters' websites and some will list their members' hometowns. There are plenty of non-Mississippians in each house.