Use social media, especially Facebook, to your advantage.

"I am thrilled to be attending UF this fall and have decided to participate in Sorority Recruitment. I understand that I need to have a letter of recommendation to each of the 17 sororities on campus. If anyone has any leads on sorority alumnae* who would be willing to write for me please let me know."

Include a recent photo of you in perhaps some Gator gear where you look polished and happy. Facebook has an algorithm in determining what shows up on feeds and photos seem to help posts get to more people. Plus more people "like" and comment on photos, which also registers with the algorithm. FB interprets those as "important" posts and makes sure that more people see what you have posted.

Set your privacy setting to friends of friends so that your parents can share the post to their walls if they are on Facebook. They know more adults after all! That helps cast a much wider net.

If you need help figuring out how to do a sorority resume for your rec packet use google to help you. There are some good examples on the net. They will be slightly different than a business resume.

Good luck! You are starting at the right time.


*note proper spelling of alumnae. You haven't misspelled it here, but just a heads up since many girls do misspell it.

Thank you to everyone who has replied on this thread, you've all been insanely helpful!!

and connecting through Facebook seems to be a big key, so I'll definitely be doing that- much thanks!!

The teachers at your old school, mothers of friends from your previous town, etc. You might be surprised how many alumnae you might find if you put it out there that you are considering recruitment.

Yes, good idea. Also, now is a good time to scrub your social media profiles clean. If you have any photos of you doing anything foolish or inappropriate, you won't want to have that up there the same day you ask for recs.

Chiming in to mention that ComradesTrue's very well written statement is also useful IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION of putting it in the church bulletin. Yes, I'm assuming you have a church affiliation (synagogue, temple, sangha, what have you). No need to say if you do or don't. Just getting you to think broadly, cast a very wide net.

Good decision on forgoing any hair changes.

Excited for you and hope you have a positive recruitment experience.

Ask the men you know too. Teachers, coaches, church people, friends of your father. Men frequently marry sorority women, lol. Once you start reaching out, you will find a) people are typically glad to help and b) you know more people than you think you do.

I secured recs for my Ohio God daughter for South Carolina and although her mother and I are both Greek, it was surprising where some of them were found...one led to another, to another. Also, purchase a box of thank you cards. Send them out lavishly when people help.

Super-Secret Pro tip: Facebook will show it to more people if you post it to IG and share it to FB, rather than posting it directly to FB.

Hold off on the lavender hair until after recruitment/initiation. If you still want to do it after that, you can. It's only a few months. Recruitment is a little like a job interview. You don't want to do anything with your hair or your clothes that might strike someone as too different.

Interesting to know. Thanks.

Sincerely,
Admin to 2 chapter related FB pages who refuses to pay to have my posts "boosted."