Originally Posted by fantASTic (Post 1954772)

You really think so?

I've never heard a SINGLE good thing about a high school sorority. In my experience, they're haze-fests. If a PNM mentioned that, I would think that she was a). a poser and b). probably not someone of high moral standards.

I'd be hesitant to mention it. There aren't really any high school sororities that are well regulated (or even regulated at all)...right?

Originally Posted by shermanyh (Post 1954851)

Activities-Leadership 9th , Drama 10th - I was a part of a play and worked on stage designs and backstage , Culinary Arts 11th and 12th - I Catered multiple events for my school including the area principal meeting, new teacher introductions, and top 25 seniors a formal event, Mentorship 12th - which was like an intern in an office where I would file paper, answered phones, escorted parents, students, and officials, call parents to verify and assisted office personnel,

Interests-Music, Reading, Learning more about Animal and body Science., Experiencing cultures varying from mine. Cooking and making people smile. Analyzing movies.

Honors and Awards-Student of the day twice Nominated by two different teachers for being an outstanding student and going above the call of what is expected from a student., Cardinal caught caring- I was seen doing a random act of kindness , Honors in Human Anatomy I was the only student who received the honor for going above and beyond student duties. Multicultural Literature- I was the only student who received the honor for going above and beyond student duties and Service Superstar- One of the few people in my department at work to receive the award for following the mantra and Making sure that every guest has a amazing experience at the park.

Community Service and Volunteer Activities- Diamonds in the rough- Church group volunteered at nursing home where we held events for them like purse day, and held church service for them.

This is good right?

Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1954893)

Tri-Hi-Y has been around for a long time - my mother was in it. It's affiliated with the YMCA, and has multiple chapters across the country. I'd hardly call it a sorority, unless the members at a certain school attempt to make it one.

Originally Posted by beeish (Post 1966537)

Quick question about photos. I have naturally curly hair but in all the photos I have of me (well the ones I would consider sending in) its flat ironed/blow dried straight. Is it still okay to send one of those in even though I don't think my hair will be flat ironed for rush cause of the humidity and time involved?

Originally Posted by carnation (Post 1954389)

Watch your spelling. I'm thinking of an application we got at MS State in which the girl had won all kinds of Baptist honors so the word was all over the page but she spelled it "Babtist" every time. So we're thinking that if she was such a big deal in the church, why can't she spell it and of course it became a running joke in the PH office.

*For GC oldtimers who may remember this: this was also the girl whom people were calling "Bubbles" because her application picture had her in a feathery pink wrap with bubbles behind her. For that matter, y'all, don't be the girl with the really weird feature (like a pit bull or a huge hat) in your photo that people remember so well that you pick up a nickname.

Somewhere on GC there's a thread that discusses odd recruitment applications.

Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor (Post 1966573)

I think the picture you send in is really important. I have seen it all in 20+ years. A couple of memorable ones: the girl who sent the picture in that we called the "negative" super, super tan and white blonde hair the photo actually looked like a negative (for all you young gals that is what cameras used before being digital! ha!), girls drinking in their pictures, yes! I guess they have bought into the only thing sororities do is drink and party I'll show them I can hang;) The best ones are the 8x10 glamour shots that have been airbrushed and look NOTHING like the girl walking through the door. Ditto on the sending of 10 different pictures. Send us one quality picture that looks like you.

Originally Posted by Loyally Kappa (Post 1966612)

This may be off topic, but PNMs and their mothers ought to think carefully about who they ask to write a rec for them.

For example, when my oldest daughter was a senior in high school, she was in charge of decorating for the back-to-school dance. During the decorating, she called me to see if it would be okay for Miss X to spend the night after the dance rather than driving back home. (Private school ... Miss X lived about 45 miles away.)

Well, Miss X apparently imbibed a bit at the dance, and when it came time to follow my daughter home in her car, coming into my neighborhood, she swerved off the road and hit a brick mailbox. Said mailbox was splayed all across the victim's front yard. But rather than stopping (her car was badly damaged and the right, front wheel could no longer rotate), Miss X continued to follow my daughter (who was unaware of what was going on behind her) to my house, leaving an 8 inch black skid all the way from the victim's house and which eventually ended in my driveway.

There is much more to this tale ... and it gets downright humorous when I recount how this was the only night in my entire life when I have slept with a drunk chick, but suffice to say that it took all my powers of zen to not allow my eyebrows to shoot up over the top of my hairline when her mother approached me for a rec the following spring.

Sigh ...

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp (Post 1966618)

LK, what did you do? Did you no-rec her?

Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1966680)

What about black & white? One of my friends is a photographer who works primarily in black & white - and her pictures are gorgeous and make everyone in them look gorgeous. If you have pictures from an "arty" setting like this, are they acceptable? Or should you skip them and put a plain old color photo by Mom in your packet instead?

Originally Posted by rlg327 (Post 1967002)

I just sent in a picture taken of me casually, it's actually a pretty small photo, just of my head, and isn't a professional/high-quality photo...is this bad? It looks like me and everything, I didn't know it should've been something more professional.

Originally Posted by ree-Xi (Post 1967423)

I personally wouldn't use Black and White. It looks dated and it's harder to recognize people because a lot of the details are muted. What are the first things people mention when describing someone? Usually hair color is at the top of the list, along with skin tones (even distinct ones such as "porcelain" or "olive") - things that are hard to tell in B&W photos.

If the purpose of the photos is to recognize a girl right away, a B&W isn't your best bet (again, something that actors deal with).

Originally Posted by DubaiSis (Post 1971505)

You still look so young! But that's probably because I'm soooo old.

Originally Posted by greekxgal (Post 1972110)

Haha don't worry, I'm used to being told that I look young. I'm only 18 (I'll be 19 when I start school though) but I get mistaken for 14/15 a lot. I'm pretty sure people who don't know me would think i was going to be a freshman in high school than college lol! But I think size has to do with it, too. I'm kind of on the petite side.
Anyway, thanks for the input!

Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1971636)

No, it's not that!

I mean - look at a HS yearbook from the 1950s. Those girls are all 17-18, and they look old to us, even though we're older now than they were then. I don't know what this phenomenon is called, but it needs a name.

Originally Posted by greekmomjo (Post 1972687)

We had a PNM use a picture for every house that had her with her arm around her horse's head. So two heads in the picture. Comparing notes later, every house nick-named her something. She did pledge I hear, but the horse-y picture became something she had to overcome.