Picture question for sorority process!
 

I'm planning on rushing at the University of Texas and many of the sororities ask for more than one picture. I was wondering if it asks for 2 portraits, can I send two copies of one picture or do they have to be two separate pictures?

My understanding is (and I could be wrong .. if I am someone please correct me) that the chapters want 1 head picture and 1 full body picture.

According to the local panhellenic alumnae association, every chapter wants something different. Some chapters want up to four pictures. Do you know if it says two portraits, if they can be the same picture copied?

Not in a sorority, but if I were you, I'd heed the advice of doing the head shot and full body shot.

It's general advice not to push the boundaries on anything unless it's of unreasonable inconvenience. I don't see what's so difficult about putting on a dress and having a friend take a couple nice pictures.

Call the people running recruitment at University of Texas and ask them directly. Check online for the Panhellenic website for UT.

Where does it say it would be an inconvenience? I think she was just asking for clarification.

So for 10 sororities, you could need 40 different and unique pictures? Say WHAAAAT??

I think something has been lost in translation here.

Damn, sororities are way more demanding elsewhere. Headshots are nice, but four pictures? wtf

I thought she meant that she'd need a total of 4 pictures, since one (or more) of the chapters request that many.

I read the "want something different" comment as "ABC want 2 pics, DEF wants 1, GHI wants 4"

Best overall advice is to have two photos. One headshot. One full length. Nothing too overdone or over the top. Make sure they actually look like you will look when coming through recruitment (no big hair and makeup changes etc.)

So the sorority that wants 4 - they just want 2 of the headshot and 2 of the full length? (I'm assuming this is so it's easier for everyone in the chapter to get to see it.)

I honestly have never heard of anyone requiring four, but I am not the all knowing oracle of each chapter's internal recruitment practices. If a specific chapter is telling pnms to send four, then by all means do it for them.

The photos are used for a lot of things (which I think is probably wading too close into membership selection territory and again I can't know everything that happens in every chapter.) But you can be certain that if you're a highly sought pnm, your face will probably be on a poster in some houses. :)

You don't have to get anything professional done, you can easily do something with a digital camera and getting prints almost anywhere. Write your full name on the back, especially if you go by a nickname or middle name. Might not hurt to make one of those your facebook profile pic for a limited or private profile since it will be repetition of name and picture.

Definitely keep the hair style and color similar, and if you wear glasses and contacts take one with each. People are easily thrown off with eye wear and during rush you don't want to get forgotten or over looked because your eyes itch or you lost or tore a contact.

Whatever you do, do not get any Glamour Shots done by Deb, she's got a side ponytail, you can't miss her.

That's not the problem... I'm just trying to make sure that what I send to the sorority is right..

You think they are passing them around the room? LOL Do you know how many members there are in Texas chapters?

No, and you don't either.

Alas, I'm no longer doing recs for UT - :( - but our panhellenic asks for 2 good pictures - head shot and full-length - but that is 2 per packet. Our pnms fill out a packet for each chapter represented on our Panhellenic and the packets go to the individual sorority rec chairmen. I can't imagine why anyone would need more pictures than that. Also bear in mind - no pets, no multiple friends in a pic, no boyfriends, no lying on the railroad tracks (yes, we got a picture like that a few years ago - you don't want to be train girl).

LOL why do you even do this LOL

Ha!

Last year I got a recommendation packet from a Texas alumna for a hometown girl going out for recruitment.

The packet had a sheet with 4 separate pictures, all different. Two were pretty much face-to-waist, different poses and outfits, and two were full body in different poses and 1 outfit that was the same as one of the close-ups. Nice Sunday-type dress, casual-but-dressy, and nice jeans and nice top.
She also included a sheet with about a dozen different pictures of the girl at some sort of Christmas party with underprivileged kids.

The resume pages were tied with a colorful fabric bow.

Yeah, those Texas recommendations are over the top, and always have been. I've heard of pizzas delivered to a sorority house with a candidate's face on the box lid, a giant popcorn tin plastered with face and name:eek:...these were sent by the sorority alumnae.

33girl, this is not "40 different and unique pictures" for 10 sororities. It would 4 different and unique pictures. A set of these would be sent to the 10 sororities. It IS confusing if you're not familiar with the practice.

Yes, Greys darlin', you were probably "Duck Girl." Not a bad thing...at least they remembered you!:D

Could have been worse, the picture could have shown her with one end of a rope around her waist, the other end to the engine of a train trying to bring the train toward her. (think about it ;) )

Don't feel bad. Pretty much anything you do/story you tell during recruitment will get you a nickname like this :-) It's just a way to remember girls, and done with the utmost love.

I'm rushing at Auburn in the fall and my local panhellenic association required that I submit FOUR pictures! I honestly thought it was a little weird at first, but it's worked out pretty well.

You don't need to go out and get a professional photographer, but just choose a few pictures that you think you look best in. I was advised by the local group to use one casual shot, a shot of me in one of my favorite activities, a senior portrait, and one where I was little dressed up. They also said to make sure I was alone in the pictures and blah blah blah. Maybe you don't have to go with four pictures, but I thought those guidelines were pretty helpful.

thanks wareagle! it sounds like your area panhellenic knows the routine. good luck to you and please come back and let us know how it went.