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Hi Girls!
I am a member of the Recruitment Executive Board for 2002 UF Fall Recruitment and will be a PiChi(Panhellenic Counselor) in the fall. Let me see if I can clear a few things up..
1. Do NOT send in a pic or resume with your application. It will be a waste of time. Those applications go to the Panhellenic office only. No one else will see them and they will only be thrown away.
2. As for recs, it is the PM's(Potential Member's) job to send recs to houses. The houses will not do it for you. You may send as many as you feel comfortable. The chapters do not know who else you sent recs to, so if you send them 2 or 3, they may think that you have a special interest in them, when in fact you may have sent that many to several houses. A picture, list of activities, and nice letter of recommendation is adequate. The sisters in the house will memorize your info and recognize you when you come through. They have a list of names for girls coming through each round and will know exactly what party to look for you. It is a good idea to contact the Panhellenic organization in your hometown. If you send them a resume, they will usually send recs to every chapter on your campus. You girls seem to be pretty far ahead of the game already.
3. An undergraduate sister in a chapter does not typically write a recommendation unless she is a member at another school. If you are close to an active sister you may give her a picture and she will present it to the house and verbally list your activities and why she wants you to be a sister. A small warning, this works on the flip side also. If a girl has does not get along with you, she may stand up and state why she does NOT want you as a sister, so my advice is to be on your best behavior around anyone that you know is an active sister.
4. About Bid Cards, do not worry about that now. It is the last of worries and your PiChi's will explain all of it to you on the last night of recruitment.
5. For those of you that are juniors and going through recruitment, make sure you tell the sister if you have more than two years left. It makes a huge difference. Some houses do not take juniors or only take a predetermined number, but if they know that you have as many years as a sophomore left, they will take that into huge consideration and probably not consider you a full junior.
Let me know if there's anything else that I can clear up!
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