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an alumna can only write a recommendation to the sorority she is a member of. for instance, i am a zeta tau alpha. i can only write recommendations to chapters of ZTA, but i can write one to any ZTA chapter. my daughter goes to school at samford u. in birmingham. she is a member of the ZTA chapter there. last year she asked me to write a rec. for a good friend of hers who was going thru rush as a sophomore. because i am a member of ZTA i could do that.

because i have friends in lots of sororities, i was able to secure recs. for this young woman to the other sororities at samford. i spoke to the alumnae of the other sororities and based on my recommendation, the fact that i knew her and she was a good friend of my daughters and her wonderful resume, these ladies were happy to help her out. by the way, that girl is now one of my daughters little sisters!

if you can find one sorority alumna in your town, chances are that she will know women in other sororities who can help you out-most of us are glad to learn of a young woman who is rushing, and we want to help if we can. also, don't hesitate to contact hs friends who joined a sorority that has a chapter at bama. they might be willing to ask one of their alumnae advisors to write a letter of recommendation for you-in some cases,depending on the sorority, they can write a recommendation themselves.

if there is an alumnae panhellenic in your town, or nearby, they may hold some sort of informational gathering for hs girls in the spring. at some, they have collegians at nearby colleges come, and they explain the rush process. sometimes the alums will take resumes from the hs girls and write recs. for them. it won't matter that you are not planning on attending school in your home state-you could still attend the meeting.