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my advice

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There are OOS/OOR girls who come to OM and love it and there are those who don't. I think it comes down to the following: 1) There are girls who get homesick and transfer. Nothing to do with OM, everything to do with not realizing how much they'd miss being close to home. 2) Girls who think OM will be easy and fun all the time - tailgating in the Grove, getting into the sorority of their dreams, easily making friends. Everything takes work here, just like at any school. And it can be great if you're willing to put in the effort. 3) Girls who are unprepared for rush and have no connections here. OM rush is one of the toughest in the country - it's even hard for girls who are connected. If you have no connections, be prepared to likely be dropped by the top tier immediately and perhaps some of the middle tier. I've seen girls who were "tops" at everything in high school, so when they got dropped, they were pretty shocked. Here's the good news: every sorority has great girls so if you go through the entire week, give every house a shot, you can wind up somewhere great. But it's up to you to do that - there are girls who drop out when they were released from the houses they wanted (or thought they wanted) and girls who don't accept a bid because they think they're too good for that house. Don't be that girl! It comes down to expectations - what is it about OM that makes you want to be here? Is it your major, Greek life, the traditional experience found at an SEC school? I'd think about those things and see how the reality of life here matches. I wish you luck.