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As a proud member of the Texas Greek system, I can honestly say full body shots are in no way to "weed" or "cut" out people early on. As Zeta mentioned people do not look like their head shots always. In fact many of these PNM's have very professionally done photos that are show little to no resemblance of them at all, or are not very recent. Full body shots help chapters look at girl and recognize her with more ease.
Also there are numerous out of staters in the NPC sororities, and your state of resident has no weight on the recruitment process. We have girls from Chicago, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, New York and the list goes on and that is only in the handful that I personally know of.
Recruitment at Texas is one of the most complex recruitments because we boast overwhelming numbers in prospective new members. My pledge class year was a record at UT. Which is a reason why letters of rec are pushed so strongly and actually required by many of the NPC sororities.
But I urge those who doubt the sincerity of some of these comments to go and look up these websites of the sororities. Look at pictures of these girls and read articles about these people, and you will see that the sterotypical view of the sorority girl is not present at UT. These girls are brilliant, fun, and extremely involved in their communities. You do not have to be Cindy Crawford to do any of these things. When we interview PNM's we look for common interests. We look for previous activites from high school and other parts of their life. The recruitment process is about being yourself and finding the best fit for YOU.
I urge PNM's and their families to give recruitment open minds and open hearts and please do not take any of the negative views on this board seriously. I encourage you to speak with alumnas who have been there and gone through it, and decide for yourself.
UT is a big school, but the Greek system at UT is an amazing part of the university, and will stick with you for your entire life.
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