where you get in depends on hometown

Wrong on the legacy part for sure. Yeah they have tons of legacies but are very selective. Each of the groups you listed took around 25 legacies, so not even one third of new members were legacies. Many friends were cut from these groups too.

Most of the DG's come from small towns in Northeast MS

I'm from NE Mississippi and I can only think of maybe 2 girls that are in DG that are from small towns. There are a lot from Tupelo

Someone's bitter they got cut. Why are you obsessed with DG lol get over it !

Seriously DG has become irrelevant. Random girls, not many girls in leadership roles, looks are questionable, don't win competitions. Go ahead and tell yourself that DG contends for top girls. The only people who believe this are DGs themselves. That's all.

You keep trying to push that so hard lol sorry but DG isn't going anywhere anytime soon!! If they were " so irrelevant" you wouldn't feel the need to comment on them on every single post lol. So irrelevant they placed in almost every major competition this year, and last year, top 3 in campus involvement, top 3 in grades, sweethearts in multiple fraternities, constantly have swaps and mega swaps with KD and chi o and top fraternities, top 3 in return rates during rush and had to make the 2nd largest amount of cuts next to chi omega, also top 3 in membership numbers. Cute try though, you wish they were irrelevant so bad.

Why are trying so hard to defend them? It's ok if they aren't no. 1. They are a good group; they are just more fandom than the other top three. They still are good. Just accept your place.

I'm from a big out of state city and I would recommend going through recruitment! Some chapters it really does matter where you're from and who you know, but others only care about who you are.

I'm from OOS midwest. Prospects look bleak!

I'm OOS and from the Midwest and 100% recommend recruitment. Yes, you will not have a "perfect rush." But that's not what really matters. Sororities are the best way to make "instant friends" on campus - which can be hard to do at first as an OOS student. No matter what sorority you get into, you WILL make friends. The sorority house itself will also serve as a "home away from home" when your home may be many, many hours away.

I would love to join a sorority at MSU, but it doesn't look like there are much of us from the mid-west (IL). Do you think that is because most don't go thru rush or because they were cut?

There are very few people from the Midwest at State in general. So that is reflected in the small number of midwesterners in sororities currently. Mississippi State is only about 24% OOS, with the majority of those people coming from Tennessee and Alabama.

So I really wouldn't worry about it too much! Your grades are probably the most important thing to getting into a house. A very large majority of girls who go through recruitment get a bid. Also, all the sororities at State are top-notch. I honestly believe any of our sororities would be considered "top" at a lot of midwestern schools because of our heavy alumni investment and how well they are all run.

I'm from way wayyyyy out of state. 4.0 GPA, heavily involved in sports and volunteer work, rec letters, and I got cut from everything but one house the first day. I was friendly and felt like I clicked well with all chapters and clearly had the GPA and involvement I just wasn't southern enough for some of the chapters. You can do everything right and still have a bad rush. And yes, this was before variable quota. I probably would've had a better rush had variable quota been in place tbh.

We actually have quite a few girls from out of state Midwest rush (Illinois and Nebraska) so you should do fine! Just go in with an open mind.

What sorority are you??? Thanks

I am from a Midwest state and am currently in a sorority at MSU. I absolutely love where I am and wouldn't change a thing!! Honestly, I like the diversity of the girls in my sorority instead of the ones that only take girls from certain towns/high schools. One of the main reasons I went out of state was to get out and meet new people and not find myself stuck to the hips of girls from my high school. What fun is it to go to school and not meet new people?

There is a 90% if your mom is not an alum of a house at State where she still has connections you will only get invited to pref night by Pi Phi, Zeta or ADPi.... maybe Tri Delta.

And only then with a killer resume. If you know no one ... ADPi period. Hate it because it is a southern thing.

So 8 girls beyond the south .....

This is VERY helpful--thank you! Just from what I'm seeing, roughly half of the sororities are made up of out of state girls. This is encouraging.

DG - 72% MS, 13% TN, 6% AL, 9% all the rest
Phi Mu - 55% MS, 12% TN, 8% AL, 7% TX, 5% GA, 13% all the rest
DDD - 49% MS, 13% TN, 10% GA, 5% TX, 13% all the rest

I'd be willing to bet that XO and KD have similar make up as DG.

Chi o and DG simular
KD and phi mu similar

But only 7 non southern girls!

So 7 beyond south for DG. Hmmmm DG needs to recruit harder for northern girls

Did it ever occur to you that you're not the norm? That girls even better on paper and maybe even in person than you didn't come out on top? Because it happens, a lot.

Sorry, but I'm not so sure I believe you.

That's the post the top tier moms make to keep the facade up that anybody has a chance at the top houses. You will see nearly the exact same post made on these discussions at other greekrank pages.

And if you did have that legitimate experience at rush, you are the exception to the rule.