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Originally Posted by CluelessIllini
They thought I was better off going without letters so that I could choose the sorority right for me and with sisters who like me for who I am rather than having the letters help me out.
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That isn't really how recs or letters work. It doesn't "bind" you to the sorority in any way; however, it does sometimes get the sorority to give you a second look among the tons and tons and tons of girls where if they hadn't given you that second look, they would have cut you.
Rush was most likely very different when your teachers went through and not as competitive then as it is now. There are just simply more people in college, period. They really weren't doing you a favor if that is what they told you - in fact, their attitude and reluctance to write recs could possibly end up costing you membership in the group you want.