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At W&L most women did not have recs. However, women from certain areas and certain schools would come in with many. For example, we once got 22 letters of support for one women. Some of these letters were lengthy and some were 4-5 sentences. But yeah. 22. We thought it was a little bit of overkill but didn't hold it against her or anything. The way we would receive them is one of the actual RIF forms (Pi Phi language for rec) and then all the letters of support together with it in a packet.
Based on the fact that this was a pattern that occurred year after year, I would presume that this is common at some schools and not a detriment, since they were assembling packets of these kind for women. Also based on the fact that many of these women ended up joining "top" groups at W&L. I would assume that Alumnae Panhellenics who were putting these packets together would very much know the culture of the school.
The only time I ever heard of something working to a woman's detriment was when a alumna supporter sent a cake decorated with a photorealistic image of the PNM to the chapter with the message on it "Please don't forget about sweet Suzy PNM." I kid you not. I know this to be true, but I think I've got to withhold the chapter/school/etc.
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