What are references?
 

I recently talked to an alum who offered to write me a rec for her sorority! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif The advice yall gave me has been so awesome...I went to a national site and got the e-mail for a local panhel. alumni group. The lady who answered asked me for several things, all of which I have, except for REFERENCES...I need to know, what exactly does she mean? Like character references? Things that teachers or bosses (or the other lady who offered to write me a rec but her sorority was not on my campus) might say for me? I don't want to send in something completely different than she's expecting. Come on, Greek women, I need your help! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/cool.gif This is all SO exciting.

[This message has been edited by orchid2 (edited April 16, 2001).]

Orchid2,
References are just a simple letter of recommendation. Most NPC groups require that every potential new member have at least one reference from a member of that sorority. For example, if your Aunt Sue was a member of BBB at State U. and you are going through rush at another campus where there is an BBB chapter, your Aunt could write a letter of reference for you.

You might want to go to the Rush forum and read my Recruitment FAQ - letters of reference are covered along with other important information about NPC and NPHC recruitment.

I'm wondering if we're talking about the same thing... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif she said that these references would be what I would need to send to her -- so she COULD write me a recommendation. I thought she was talking about character references, maybe the same as if I were applying for a job? Or am I completely off here?

It sounds like this woman doesn't know you very well, so she is asking you to get character references from others and, using those, will write a letter about you as if it were from her and she knows you. So, yes, she wants your teachers, pastor/rabbi, etc. to write a letter about you and she will use that information to write her letter of recommendation.

Barbara