Rebel Mom - Page 2

Ktx · #1 09-17-2017, 04:22 PM

I hope everyone has a great 1st day today. Does anyone know the times for each day of recruitment? Good luck to everyone on both sides going through this week. Hotty Toddy!

aephi alum · #2 09-17-2017, 05:18 PM

Wait -- Ole Miss recruitment is happening now?? I ask because I saw a young lady wearing an Ole Miss Delta Gamma t-shirt just this afternoon, here in New Orleans. I guess she must be an alumna.

Rebel Mom, good luck to your daughter. I'm glad to hear she's keeping an open mind.

FSUZeta · #3 09-17-2017, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by aephi alum

Wait -- Ole Miss recruitment is happening now?? I ask because I saw a young lady wearing an Ole Miss Delta Gamma t-shirt just this afternoon, here in New Orleans. I guess she must be an alumna.

Rebel Mom, good luck to your daughter. I'm glad to hear she's keeping an open mind.

You might be able to find that info on the Ole Miss Greek life website.

aephi alum · #4 09-17-2017, 09:41 PM

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You might be able to find that info on the Ole Miss Greek life website.

Found that after I posted. Open houses were today.

Ktx · #5 09-17-2017, 09:52 PM

Thanks for the info.

NYCMS · #6 09-17-2017, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ktx

I hope everyone has a great 1st day today. Does anyone know the times for each day of recruitment? Good luck to everyone on both sides going through this week. Hotty Toddy!

Not sure what time it started today when PNMs visited all houses, but I believe, starting tomorrow, the partes start at 4 pm until you get to pref round which is Satuday; bids go out Sunday afternoon.

OHRebel · #7 09-18-2017, 01:12 PM

NYCMS Wonderful advice, thank you! My daughter went through rush at Ole Miss in 2012. Best advice: accept every invitation and accept a bid even if you're unsure. Every house has members you can connect to.

KSUViolet06 · #8 09-21-2017, 10:01 PM

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NYCMS Wonderful advice, thank you! My daughter went through rush at Ole Miss in 2012. Best advice: accept every invitation and accept a bid even if you're unsure. Every house has members you can connect to.

Truth.

It blows me away when people say "I just do not connect with these girls."

You maybe did not connect with the 3-5 people you met that round but let's be real.

The chapters have almost 350 women.

It is impossible to fail to connect with a small city of humans.

FSUZeta · #9 09-22-2017, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Truth.

It blows me away when people say "I just do not connect with these girls."

You maybe did not connect with the 3-5 people you met that round but let's be real.

The chapters have almost 350 women.

It is impossible to fail to connect with a small city of humans.

Yes!

TriDeltaSallie · #10 09-22-2017, 11:37 AM

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"I just do not connect with these girls."

Let's be honest. That's usually code for "I think these girls are beneath me."

DGTess · #11 09-22-2017, 11:56 AM

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Let's be honest. That's usually code for "I think these girls are beneath me."

Or "above" me.

It most likely means "we didn't connect".

aephi alum · #12 09-22-2017, 10:10 PM

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It blows me away when people say "I just do not connect with these girls."

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Let's be honest. That's usually code for "I think these girls are beneath me."

As long as we're being honest - it is also often code for "this is the Jewish sorority and I'm not Jewish". (Of course, neither AEPhi nor SDT has an active chapter at Ole Miss ... I'm speaking in general.)

choabet · #13 09-21-2017, 08:34 PM

My fab five are doing so-so to really well. That break on Wednesday is brutal, no one should have to endure that. I get it, take a break, get your work done blah blah. But really. Just rip the band aid off and get on with it. Has the time come to move Ole Miss rush back to the beginning of school? Would girls really still leave en masse? A couple of my five really need the camaraderie of a pledge class to combat homesickness. But we are soldiering on.

The 2 nights formerly known as skit round is underway and there have been harsh cuts, but year 2 of variable quota has helped to manage expectations. The silence is killing me. In a sign of the times, they have not only taken their phones, but taken their Apple watches! But again, we are soldiering on.

Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? ~John Blutarsky

Ktx · #14 09-21-2017, 09:36 PM

Keep us posted on how it goes. I think it should be held before school starts. Managing school with long nights and extra rush stress is too brutal. Maybe it is time for a petition.

ForeverRoses · #15 09-22-2017, 12:49 PM

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Keep us posted on how it goes. I think it should be held before school starts. Managing school with long nights and extra rush stress is too brutal. Maybe it is time for a petition.

My crew that went through OleMiss recruitment last year were all OOS. I think it helped them that is was after school started- they had a few weeks to get used to school and being in the south (they were from NJ, IN, and California respectively). they also went into recruitment much more prepared as they had a better feel as to what was appropriate dress in the south.

I've been getting updates from one of them about recruitment on the other side.

side note- variable quota reminds me so much of "bed rush" at IU (the way invite rates are calculated, the smaller new member classes for the more "popular chapters, etc). and yet IU recruitment was always evil...