University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) 2012 Recruitment

[ladybug12]

Can't remember where the post is about the mother falling out of the tree last year. Tee-hee...I was there and can confirm that this is true...plus Moms jumping out of the bushes to find out which houses DD was attending. I will be on this beautiful campus for recruitment again this year. Mary Poppins and I plan to meet up one day! Like her, I will not comment during recruitment.
Good luck to all of the lovely ladies on both sides of recruitment!

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by ladybug12

Can't remember where the post is about the mother falling out of the tree last year. Tee-hee...I was there and can confirm that this is true...plus Moms jumping out of the bushes to find out which houses DD was attending. I will be on this beautiful campus for recruitment again this year. Mary Poppins and I plan to meet up one day! Like her, I will not comment during recruitment.
Good luck to all of the lovely ladies on both sides of recruitment!

If only someone had captured the tree incident and bush moms on video -- viral! That has to be the funniest 'mom recruitment story' ever.

The (gorgeous and talented) daughter of a close friend pledged Phi Mu at Ole Miss last year -- she is an OOS legacy. I don't have any PNMs, who I know personally, to follow through recruitment at Ole Miss this year.

So I'll just follow the ones on this thread. Good luck to you all!

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[WCsweet<3]

I'm pretty sure if my mother had done that to me, I would have been even more stressed out.

Good luck!

[Titchou]

She is not "guaranteed" a bid if she does that but the odds are very high that she will get one of the three. And the reason we say it isn't guaranteed is because she could commit some dreadful faux pas, reveal some "sordid" information about herself or a chapter could find out something last minute that no one knew before thar deems her not desirable - if you get my drift. Or as some of us say, she is very friendly with the entire football team. It is unusual in this day with RFM for one not to get a bid if one maximizes one's options - and is willing to accept a bid from any of the ones she lists.

[softychik]

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[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by softychik

I am going through recruitment at Ole Miss this year and our gamma chi said as long as we get one invite for preference we have a bid.

As Tichou just said, there are never any guarantees, but yes, it is highly, highly unlikely to not get a bid as long as you attend pref and list all of your pref chapters on your final bid card.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by softychik

I am going through recruitment at Ole Miss this year and our gamma chi said as long as we get one invite for preference we have a bid.

NO NO NO

Please, Softychik, please READ about the other qualifiers that are explained in this thread. It is not just as simple as getting an invite to a Pref party.

[ElvisLover]

ThetaLady is right. I've heard of girls who just had one invitation for Pref parties and did not receive a bid. It does happen; that sorority might rank the PNMs lower on their bid list and the ranks didn't match up.

[HQWest]

No that is not the way RFM works. Ole Miss is using a Quota additions method. If a PNM gets invited to prefs then she will get a bid to one if those chapters if she lists all of them on her pref card.

If she only gets invited to one pref - she will get a bid UNLESS there is sonething really really wrong (GPA too low to initiate, going to prison after recruitment?)

If she went to prefs and didnt show up bid day odds are much more likely she turned dien her bid.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by ElvisLover

ThetaLady is right. I've heard of girls who just had one invitation for Pref parties and did not receive a bid. It does happen; that sorority might rank the PNMs lower on their bid list and the ranks didn't match up.

Nope, this is not the issue anymore.

PNMs only hear the part that says "If you go to Pref Night, you have a bid."

The parts that PNMs fail to pay attention to is that they MUST "MAXIMIZE THEIR OPTIONS".
This means they must go to ALL pref parties they are invited to AND they must rank ALL of those chapters on their card, in order to have the best chance at getting a bid.

If the PNM goes to 3 Prefs, but they decide not to list all 3 groups on their card, they may NOT get a bid. IF they only list 2of the 3, deciding that they would not accept a bid from the third chapter, then they risk receiving no bid at all. IF they SIP, they may not get a bid.

IF chapters find out something really, really bad about a PNM after Pref invites go out, but before Bid lists are done, they may also drop a PNM. It can happen.

[Mevara]

Originally Posted by thetalady

IF chapters find out something really, really bad about a PNM after Pref invites go out, but before Bid lists are done, they may also drop a PNM. It can happen.

Really? I thought that if a PNM came to Pref that they must be on your bid list somewhere. I have never heard of being able to drop a PNM of your bid list.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by softychik

I am going through recruitment at Ole Miss this year and our gamma chi said as long as we get one invite for preference we have a bid.

I noticed that you raised some questions about this in previous posts (different year) -- it might be a good idea to remove identifying details and info from these posts.

[Giddy]

PNM advice: Listen to your gamma chi (not to strangers on a message board -- regardless of how seasoned and authoritative they may sound) and enjoy! This is one of the best experiences of your life. Those of us who have gone before remember it well.

All the best.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by Giddy

PNM advice: Listen to your gamma chi (not to strangers on a message board -- regardless of how seasoned and authoritative they may sound) and enjoy!

So you know differently than EVERYBODY else here?

[gee_ess]

Originally Posted by Giddy

PNM advice: Listen to your gamma chi (not to strangers on a message board -- regardless of how seasoned and authoritative they may sound) and enjoy! This is one of the best experiences of your life. Those of us who have gone before remember it well.

All the best.

I have to respectfully suggest that there are women on this site who are RFM experts. They travel to different schools to help with RFM. Undoubtedly, they are more schooled and knowledgeable than most 20 year old gamma chis. Gamma chis do an excellent job but they OFTEN make mistakes or don't realize that the pnm is only hearing about of half of what they are saying. There are numerous examples on here that support this scenario.

So, a pnm can do far worse than listen and learn here.