sorority comments

Are there rules at Ole Miss concerning contact between PNMs and Actives before formal recruitment...?

Not really. They can't buy pmns gifts or Pay for thing and can't promise bids. But they can talk until silent week which starts Sunday before rush.

is a great school but the most brutal of all schools not only in the south but the country!!! Be prepared!

If you are invited back to a chapter you didn't like (ranked it lower/lowest), the ones you ranked higher didn't want you as much as the other women they invited back. None of the other chapter on campus prevented you from being invited to the ones you like better. There's only so many places in a pledge class.

school but their rush is horrific!

Horrific? Ole Miss Recruitment is competitive. It's competitive if you're the one getting cut. If the school uses RFM, then it's competitive. PERIOD. You, the PNM, need to understand that competitive generally means that you will LIKELY find a home (presuming you have all the required credentials) but you may not find THE home you dreamed of before recruitment started. And it IS a mutual selection process if you go all the way through rush as the superstar PNM who doesn't get cut by any chapters. That?s when the PNM gets to participate in the deciding. It does happen, even at the schools like Ole Miss, just not very often. It goes that way for a handful of girls at Ole Miss each year. Out of over 1,400 PNMs, if a girl can do SOME deciding, then that's great, but she shouldn't expect (although they do every year) to get her top list for every round without having to go to any ranked chapters through the process. Give each chapter a chance, Pref Night is when to pick.

what are the chapter web sites please?

The web sites are linked through Greek Life at olemiss.edu

I went through recruitment last fall. I thought I had found the perfect house during pref round and was so happy to get a bid from them. My experience at that house turned into a nightmare and all the girls were superficial, mean and extremely judgemental. The actives were unapproachable and rude to pledges. I had nothing in common with any of them, even though i thought id get along with them just fine in the beginning. I ended up dropping, even though I never would have expected to at first. Girls, make sure you choose wisely. Good luck with recruitment.

@Olemissgrl, What would you have done differently? Sounds like they were pros at recruitment. What should have tipped you off?