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Originally Posted by TotalNewbe
My User name says it all. I did not go greek and now my DD is interested in rushing.
She is attending a school that no one in my or DH's family has any connection more than halfway across the country.
I have friends that can, and will, write her recommendations but how do we find out if they are important at her school?
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Tell your daughter to contact the Greek Life office. On some schools it's not required to have recs, and others it is "strongly encouraged". She's a big girl and is capable of doing some legwork on her own.
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She decided last minute when she realized that the girls she was meeting and really liking were all going through rush, that she too would rush.
Ack! I don't know how to help her (except to emphasize clean pressed clothes, maintaining a positive cheerful attitude, as well as keeping an open mind about each house she visits) and I'm wondering if I need to scramble to get some recs quickly.
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See answer above
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And as a second question, most of my friends that would happily step up and write a rec are all from the same house, DGs.
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I don't really see a question here?
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Okay, I just thought of a third rec question, my mom suggested I contact my cousin from across the country and ask her for a rec. She stayed with us a week last November for an uncle's funeral, but she had only met my daughter once before that. Is it being too forward to ask her to write a rec for my daughter? She wasn't a DG and the only Theta I really know.
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Does it matter that she was a DG? Maybe I'm not understanding why it matters that "she wasn't a DG". If your daughter wants recs, she might as well go through all the avenues she can explore to get them. Though, if I had a random cousin that I hadn't heard from or seen in awhile I'd be confused that they called me out of the blue for a rec.
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Rush starts in two days!! Arg! I just (like any other mother) want her to have the best chance to make the most of her rush experience but I am so out of my element.
Help please!
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Good luck getting recs in just 48 hrs. Instead of running around like a headless chicken, maybe your daughter should concentrate on the things that are in her control. At this late in the game I don't know if securing recs is something in her control.