University of Mississippi - Ole Miss 2014 Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment

[MaryPoppins]

As I've said up thread, the number of documents you use for recommendations or letters of reference per Chapter is dependent on the individual Chapter's requirement for PNMs. Also I said two should be considered the minimum necessary. However, if it's just not possible because of there not many Alumnae around for a particular Chapter it's just not possible.

[OldOleMiss]

Also ASK friends! When I was going through one of my friends had an older family friend who was in a GLO that I did not know anyone from / did not have a rec for, and vice versa…I had a cousin in a GLO that my friend didn't have a rec for…. by asking and making introductions we both secured the recs we didn't have!

[2014rebelpnm]

Just wondering, are letters of support as easy to send along with recs if the recommendation is done online?

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by 2014rebelpnm

Just wondering, are letters of support as easy to send along with recs if the recommendation is done online?

Not something that you need to be concerned with. The alumna will handle it

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Do OOS students attending Ole Miss tend to be more academically qualified than in-state?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Do OOS students attending Ole Miss tend to be more academically qualified than in-state?

Do schools keep track of this information? I would think that at least some do, but searching online has yielded no results for me, whether I search for Ole Miss or any other school. I just looked for this info for about 10-15 different schools; big and small, southern and northern, and I'm coming up empty.

If schools do keep a record of GPAs for in-state vs. out-of-state students, it doesn't appear as though they release that information publicly, which is probably smart. I could come up with a few reasons why it'd be a bad idea to do so.

[OldOleMiss]

DB- I don't know if "academically more qualified" is exactly correct, but in-state students are automatically accepted if they meet certain GPA or if they meet a certain GPA and ACT combo score marks. Out of State Students are admitted if they meet a certain GPA/ACT score which is slightly higher than the GPA/ACT combo of the instate students. So in theory your freshman class could be comprised of 3 students.... 2 in-state - one who had an overall GPA of 3.75 yet bombed the ACT with a 10, and one with an overall GPA of 2.55 yet a better ACT of 17. (this would make an instate combined GPA of 3.15 and a combined ACT of around 13)-- Then you have your OOS who had an overall GPA of 2.8 and ACT of 22. So you see, unless you are a firm believer in standardized test as a predictor of future success (WHICH I AM NOT!) the OOS student is not necessarily "more qualified academically" than the in-state students... just did better on their ACT's... and has a higher GPA than "half" of the in-state students.

BTW- getting things back to recruitment--- ONLY in-state student A. with the 3.75 GPA would stand any sort of chance during sorority recruitment. :-)

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by OldOleMiss

DB- I don't know if "academically more qualified" is exactly correct, but in-state students are automatically accepted if they meet certain GPA or if they meet a certain GPA and ACT combo score marks. Out of State Students are admitted if they meet a certain GPA/ACT score which is slightly higher than the GPA/ACT combo of the instate students. So in theory your freshman class could be comprised of 3 students.... 2 in-state - one who had an overall GPA of 3.75 yet bombed the ACT with a 10, and one with an overall GPA of 2.55 yet a better ACT of 17. (this would make an instate combined GPA of 3.15 and a combined ACT of around 13)-- Then you have your OOS who had an overall GPA of 2.8 and ACT of 22. So you see, unless you are a firm believer in standardized test as a predictor of future success (WHICH I AM NOT!) the OOS student is not necessarily "more qualified academically" than the in-state students... just did better on their ACT's... and has a higher GPA than "half" of the in-state students.

BTW- getting things back to recruitment--- ONLY in-state student A. with the 3.75 GPA would stand any sort of chance during sorority recruitment. :-)

Okay, I was more or less asking if OOS students tend to "look better," academically, to the chapters than in-state students. It sounds like the answer is not necessarily.

[CMDelta]

I know the past couple of years, Ole Miss had more OOS freshman students than in state. I don't know if that translated to more OOS students going through recruitment than in state. Same with the question of being "academically more qualified". OOS may be more qualified than some in state students but those in state students probably aren't signing up for a competitive recruitment.

[2014rebelpnm]

Okay so I've been busily securing recs through personal connections and alumnae associations and there are about two organizations that havent emailed me back and I not sure if I will be able to find these recs personally. One of them actually emailed me back asking for my resume and picture but never responded after I sent those so I was just wondering what you guys would suggest I do? I don't want to seem pushy and make it seem like I feel like I'm entitled to a rec but I also want to find out whether or not a rec will be sent for me to that chapter.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by 2014rebelpnm

Okay so I've been busily securing recs through personal connections and alumnae associations and there are about two organizations that havent emailed me back and I not sure if I will be able to find these recs personally. One of them actually emailed me back asking for my resume and picture but never responded after I sent those so I was just wondering what you guys would suggest I do? I don't want to seem pushy and make it seem like I feel like I'm entitled to a rec but I also want to find out whether or not a rec will be sent for me to that chapter.

Email again with a polite, "thanks for agreeing to write a rec. Do you need anything else from me?"

[HottyToddy1]

What will the party break down be for rush this year. Will it change because Ice water parties are the same time as recruitment. Someone told me that it would be 8 philanthropy, 5 skit and 2 pref.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by HottyToddy1

What will the party break down be for rush this year. Will it change because Ice water parties are the same time as recruitment. Someone told me that it would be 8 philanthropy, 5 skit and 2 pref.

It's my understanding that there is more information about the numbers of parties per round coming from Panhellenic but that it will be announced around the time that online registration goes live. Registration is supposed to be live mid-May.

[HottyToddy1]

Thanks for keeping us all informed. I am a first time Mom going through rush and we are from OOS. I think this board might keep me sane.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by HottyToddy1

Thanks for keeping us all informed. I am a first time Mom going through rush and we are from OOS. I think this board might keep me sane.

A bottle of good chardonnay might help, too.