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Eyes wide open

<strong>Subject:</strong><br />social media- the real recruitment game changer <br /><br /> Poster Message:
We've all seen what 2 years of variable quota has done for Ole Miss recruitment. Has it been brutal at times? Yes, but honestly its always been a more difficult here for the OOS girls going thru- I think variable quota has given the in-state girls a little taste of this same medicine, and now that quota numbers are coming down, we are starting to see the lines get even MORE blurry between what has traditionally been seen as "top tier" and "mid tier" groups. Things are really changing- and we all have a front row seat to this change in the palms of our hands...our phones. One of the BIGGEST influences on how PNM's are thinking about recruitment has come from social media. It's STUNNING what an eye opener Snapchat/Instagram/Facebook has been these past couple of years, ESPECIALLY since variable quota has started shaking things up and spreading many TOP PNM's into a larger number of 5-6 sororities, (sometimes even more) instead of the traditional 2-3. Now all next year's PNM's (the high school seniors) all around the country literally have a FRONT ROW SEAT to everything WE DO- Just hit the "EXPLORE' button on your Instagram and see for yourself! Scroll thru picture after picture ALL our awesome bid day themes (what's that you say, you can't tell the difference between who's a Tri Delt and who's a Pi Phi with all the tutu's and glitter and mermaid skirts? Me neither, but aren't they ALL beautiful!?) Videos of all the screams and hugs and running home, to pics of first swaps to big/little reveals. ALL of it is being photographed and videoed and put up on social media for the WORLD TO SEE. And you know what they see? THE TRUTH. The truth that instead of what you may have always heard in your small towns, or big towns, or from your moms and grandmothers, that you could ONLY want 2-3 houses at Ole Miss, now SUDDENLY you can see with your own eyes on social media that the BEST GIRLS in your hometowns are consistently joining what their mama's may have thought were "mid-tier" sororities, or even brand new chapters! It's an exciting time at Ole Miss, and lots of eyes are WIDE OPEN watching our recruitment system get better and better every year. Go Rebs!