I am writing 4 rec letters; all to Bama. I'm pretty surprised by all of these Midwestern girls wanting to go down South.

It's warmer down here and rarely snows.

Well, yes. I'm from the South and stayed in the region for college; the summers are overrated :p

Not if you're from up north! I went to high school in St Louis and came back home for college, among other reasons, because I couldn't handle the weather any longer!

I have 4 Alabama rec girls, 1 South Carolina, 1 Chapel Hill, 1 Georgia, 1 Tennessee, 1 Ole Miss....I am getting tired but having fun!! I've been able to help get lots of other recs to other groups for these women too....super fun!! I guess you can call this the Charlotte Rec Crew!

I have a large crew going through!

My girl finally got back to me with all the required information so her recommendation has been officially submitted for University of South Carolina!

ETA: LOLOLOLOL I just saw the first page list of rec crews, love it!

So excited about the USC colonization. Bummed that the UCLA one is being delayed. That's correct, right?

Yay! Can't wait to read all about it!

Jolene, website says UCLA is now Fall 2017

Jolene -- I would say recolonization for AXD at UCLA is hopeful for Fall 2017. Reallly need about 3 chapters to do well in recruiting/retention this next year, so we're not bringing on a new group only to lose another sorority to low numbers. This was a big discussion at the May all-row Advisor meeting.

Because you don't have to shovel sunshine or rain! :)

In this part of the Midwest I was pleased to discover a young lady down the road, whose front yard had the stylized lettersign 'A' of Bama on it during Spring 2015, this summer has a car in her driveway sporting Zeta Tau Alpha letters.

FWIW my Midwestern nephew wants to attend college (in five years) at Auburn or Clemson. His neighbor attends Mizzou.

They have phenomenal scholarships for out of state students. That's why all the young women I know going to Bama are going there. Full tuition, full room and board, and for engineering, they even give a stipend.

Add one more to the Queen City Crew! Am working on another Tennessee girl this week! This has been a marathon July - I'm a recommendation letter machine and loving every minute of it!!!!!!!