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Aopi isn’t that great here, you’ll be a shoe in

This question will only attract the bitter old biddies, and most of them are terrified of the sororities that are the mainly made of OOS students.

AOPi is considered a respectable sorority. Most of the AOPis I know are high achievers and are involved on campus. They came to Ole Miss with outstanding resumes, they just didn't come here with Ole Miss connections.

They have had the same recruitment and retention rates as DG, Pi Phi and Phi Mu and also maintain a GPA within the same range as those three. From what I understand they recruited one of highest GPA pledge classes this past fall of any of the sororities. When I went through recruitment there were several AOPi legacies hoping to pledge AOPi and they are happy with their choice.

You will see a lot of negative comments about all the sororities on this site, but this site attracts some really negative people, although they are probably all sitting in church every Sunday morning feeling very pious.

I would strongly suggest that you come to Ole Miss with an open mind. Recruitment is tough here, and it is not a good idea to get your hopes up on one particular sorority. Get recommendations/referral letters to every sorority and make sure whoever is giving your recommendation knows how and where to send the information. Come to recruitment prepared.

Legacies pledge other houses, but my experience is you have to let those houses know how much you love them because some houses can think if you're a legacy that you will pledge that house so they will cut you.

As for getting an AOII bid, are any of your sisters active in the house right now? If so, you will get a bid. All houses pay extra attention to legacies .But if we're not going to pledge you (meaning my house, but I think this applies to others too), we will release you early on in rush so you can focus on other houses. Because of how competitive rush is here legacies don't matter as much as they used to. The only way it's a "guarantee" is if you have a sister active in the chapter.

My advice? Consider ALL houses. Just because your sisters were AOII's either at OM or elsewhere doesn't mean it's right for you. If it really is, that's great, but don't pledge it just because of your family. I've seen girls do that and they really regretted it later. Find the home that truly fits you, maybe that's AOII, maybe it's somewhere else.