An Ole Miss Rush Story! - Page 2

imsohappythatiama · #16 10-02-2003, 06:39 PM

Good luck to your girl, A&A!!!

You know I'm rooting for her to find her place!!!

Panhellenically,

Kristen

honeychile · #17 10-03-2003, 11:11 PM

Please don't take my first post in this thread wrong - I'm sincerely not saying, "Hey - why isn't Alpha Delta Pi at Ole Miss?" As I said, my understanding is, for some reason, it just wasn't a hit.

What I am (still) curious about is the numbers game. If that many PNMs sign up for only 9 sororities, shouldn't there be at least one other sorority? What is the usual Quota? Do most chapters reach Quota/Total? How many PNMs drop out of recruitment?

I admit that this could be a cultural misinterpretation, since I don't know the numbers etc. Are there any Ole Miss greeks who could explain this to me, or at least help me to understand?

Angels&Arrows · #18 10-04-2003, 02:11 AM

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Originally posted by honeychile
What I am (still) curious about is the numbers game. If that many PNMs sign up for only 9 sororities, shouldn't there be at least one other sorority? What is the usual Quota? Do most chapters reach Quota/Total? How many PNMs drop out of recruitment?

I am not sure what total is, but before rush started this year #'s at Ole Miss range from 95 members-180 members. I am a little reluctant to post this, because I am unable to verify.. but I was told that quota is 85 this year. Which would put at least four chapters over 250 members and three chapters right under 250. Last year quota was 71, 6/9 chapters made quota. Two that missed, missed by just a few and are still two of the largest chapters on campus (I think they got exactly the PNMs they wanted).

There is a large expense involved with brining a new chapter on campus, if the GLO's HQ is not willing to make the financial commitment and it is the chapter with a lot of Alumnae backing it is going to be hard for the chapter to make it (IMO)...

I am sure she is busy with rush, but OleMissGlitter or MSKKG could tell you more. I can tell you that Ole Miss is in discussions about bringing another sorority on campus.

Angels&Arrows · #19 10-04-2003, 02:21 AM

Well we have finished Round 1!

This was the philanthropy round. The PNMs were invited in to the houses with a sister, the president spoke, they watched a rush video and made something for the chapter's philathropy. It was basically the same at every house. She visited four houses the first night and five tonight. In no particular order:

Anchor: This chapter did a great job of on campus presentation before rush.. Wearing letters and introducing themselves. She already knew a lot membres, so it was a lot of fun!

Arrow: The members had sooo much fun with the philanthropy night and video, it filled the rushees up with excitement. This was one of the houses that she did not know many members, but the arrow girls made her feel right at home.

Dagger: I think since she knows several members, she felt comfortable. She said it was really really exciting.

Dolphin: They had the best rotations! She had a lot of fun and met a lot of girls.

Key: All of her friends LOVED this house.

Kite: She had a nice time. Really liked the member who picked her up!

Ladybug: They had a good presentation, but maybe not as comfortable there as she was at some of the other houses._

Owl: She had a great time and really liked the members she met.

Panda: The members were very nice. During their rush video she looked around and noticed many sisters were not smiling (I think this bothered her).

Tomorrow is Round 2, Skit Daythe PNMs get invites back at 7a, parties start at 1p!

OleMissMom · #20 10-04-2003, 08:51 AM

Anxiously awaiting your update! My daughter may be your PNM's rush counselor! She says things are going well. And is looking forward to Bid Bay!

OleMissMom

Angels&Arrows · #21 10-04-2003, 11:02 AM

PNMs picked-up their invite list, started to fill them out... and then were told to turn them back in!!!! Turns out there is a problem with many of the invites... So they were told to come back at 8:30a to pick-up their corrected invites! She is VERY excited about her invites... but they might be incorrect so I am not going to jinx it! I will update and ASAP!

mmcat · #22 10-04-2003, 11:53 AM

best of luck on the next round...
fingers crossed that it all shakes out perfectly.

Angels&Arrows · #23 10-04-2003, 01:00 PM

OleMissMom, she might be!!! She thinks one of her four Gamma Chi's is a Theta!

So today at 1p we are going back to Anchor, Arrow, Dagger, Dolphin, Ladybug, and Owl!

Her roommate will be attending Skit Day parties at Arrow, Dagger, Dolphin, Key, Ladybug, and Owl!

I will update later tonight or early morning!

OleMissMom · #24 10-04-2003, 01:59 PM

Yep, there was some kind of glitch and they had to redo the whole process. My daughter called it the morning from hell. She said very few girls (less than 10) were totally cut this round but next round would be rough.

Where does your PNM live? Which dorm and which floor?

OleMissMom

hottytoddy · #25 10-04-2003, 02:05 PM

I am so glad to hear everyone is having such a great time in Ole Miss Rush. I unfortunately haven't been to the house during rush because I am lying in bed with a fever of 102. It is kinda driving me crazy that I can't be there. But all of my sisters said everything is going really well and they are having a lot of fun. I may try to sneak in the back laster on today just to watch the skit in full affect. I can't breathe on anyone though. Also, my cousin is Madonna in the "Ladybug" skit so I'll have to go see her. Argh! I hate having strep throat!! Glad to hear your cousin is having such a great time.
I am not sure if anyone pasted this earlier but quota this year is 85..but our rush chair said most would get nearly 90.

OleMissMom · #26 10-04-2003, 04:32 PM

Just talked to my daughter. All Rush came to a halt for a few minutes as the girls cheered their win over Florida!! Hotty Toddy!!

OleMissMom

hottytoddy · #27 10-05-2003, 01:47 AM

I just read some of the previous messages on this thread. As far as the number of sororities at Ole Miss...Yes there are only 9...ZTA closed the year I went through rush (meaning they did not participate in rush that year) and ADPi closed the year before that. I was told by some of my older sisters that they had quality members and they were involved on campus, but they just didn't have enough members to stay open. We all think that there need to be more sororities on campus considering the fact that quota is 85. However, all of the other sororities are already so established that it would be extremely difficult for a new sorority to survive on a campus like Ole Miss.

As far as # of members I think the smallest sorority prior to rush has something like maybe 120-130 members. Probably after rush most will be well over 200. I think we had 214 members at the end of last year but I am not sure now

Angels&Arrows · #28 10-05-2003, 02:10 PM

Yesterday was Skit Day.... Panhellenic had the best return rates ever for Skit Day!!!!

My cousin had a great time at Anchor, Arrow, Dagger, Dolphin, Ladybug, and Owl!

The skits were all high energy and fun, though they started to blend together... She said Ladybug's and Owl's were different and stood-out!! She enjoyed all the parties and will be preffing in 15minutes at Anchor, Dagger and Owl!!!

(HottyToddy, she loved the Madonna, she said she was very cute and was even rushed by your cousin!!!)

My cousin's roommate is prffing at Dagger, Key and Owl!!!

breathesgelatin · #29 10-05-2003, 02:22 PM

Good luck to cousin at prefs!!

hottytoddy · #30 10-05-2003, 02:27 PM

Good luck to your cousin & her roommate -all of those are excellent houses!!! You really can't go wrong with any house at Ole Miss so I'm sure they will both be happy with whatever decision they make.
I did get a chance to go and see the last skit party lastnight and everyone looked great & they were all having fun.