University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment 2013

[33girl]

Originally Posted by TSteven

The issue at Ole Miss is that recruitment is held in late September or early October (maybe into mid October some years). So a PNM will already be on campus and possibly invited to parties (fraternity and otherwise) as a student.

I understand that. I'm saying that this

Originally Posted by Hearttoheart

She attended two spring parties

is a v.v. bad idea unless you are with friends who will look out for you.

As far as when you actually get to school, in this kind of environment where rush is so competitive, I'm going to say that no, it will not kill you to stay away from parties for a month, unless you want to scuttle your chances for the rest of your college career. There will be lots more parties to go to. Ditto fraternity parties or dates. The last thing you want is for Joe Schmo to invite you over to his house for dinner in September, then walk into rush in October with a chapter you love and find out the president is Joe's on again-off again girlfriend. Make up a hometown boyfriend for a month and a half. Trust me, it is way, way, WAY easier.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I understand that. I'm saying that this



is a v.v. bad idea unless you are with friends who will look out for you.

As far as when you actually get to school, in this kind of environment where rush is so competitive, I'm going to say that no, it will not kill you to stay away from parties for a month, unless you want to scuttle your chances for the rest of your college career. There will be lots more parties to go to. Ditto fraternity parties or dates. The last thing you want is for Joe Schmo to invite you over to his house for dinner in September, then walk into rush in October with a chapter you love and find out the president is Joe's on again-off again girlfriend. Make up a hometown boyfriend for a month and a half. Trust me, it is way, way, WAY easier.

I'm not sure about Ole Miss, but back in the UT days (and probably to this day from what I'm told) this sort of thing is how many actives actually meet the PNM's outside of "the process". We always talk about how the NPC recruitment process is so staid and hard to get to know people, I do think there is SOME merit to meeting people in a casual environment.

Trust me, I get "not going out because you could be an idiot or make a foul up" but my guess is that MOST PNM's are hypersensitive to that sort of thing anyway, and are doing everything they can to be on their best behavior. This just gives them a chance to meet other sorority women outside of the formal rush process.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by shirley1929

I'm not sure about Ole Miss, but back in the UT days (and probably to this day from what I'm told) this sort of thing is how many actives actually meet the PNM's outside of "the process". We always talk about how the NPC recruitment process is so staid and hard to get to know people, I do think there is SOME merit to meeting people in a casual environment.

Trust me, I get "not going out because you could be an idiot or make a foul up" but my guess is that MOST PNM's are hypersensitive to that sort of thing anyway, and are doing everything they can to be on their best behavior. This just gives them a chance to meet other sorority women outside of the formal rush process.

In a more laid-back setting, I would be totally down with that. That's how I met tons of rushees. The problem is, this isn't that. This is Ole Miss, where the chapters are struggling to find ANY reason to cut tons of girls because RFM is telling them they must. At 2 AM, "Rita Rushee was seen at PQR Fraternity talking to Boyfriend Brad" is as good a reason as any.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by 33girl

In a more laid-back setting, I would be totally down with that. That's how I met tons of rushees. The problem is, this isn't that. This is Ole Miss, where the chapters are struggling to find ANY reason to cut tons of girls because RFM is telling them they must. At 2 AM, "Rita Rushee was seen at PQR Fraternity talking to Boyfriend Brad" is as good a reason as any.

I hear ya...