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Originally Posted by greekdee
Thanks everyone for your thoughts on this. The school this girl will be attending is UGA -- I know I don't need to say another word about what she'll be up against during recruitment! She was recently accepted through early action. (They were notified early December.) The whole conversation at this party actually got started when we were discussing the UGA acceptances at our children's high schools. Several got in; a lot more got deferred and at least one was flat out denied.
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I'll tell you that I got into a sorority at UGA back in 1993 without recs - I had no idea I needed them - my mother wasn't Greek, my sister was Greek at a non-competitive school, so I was clueless. None of us realized rush was competitive or that I should have gotten recs... basically, I was as dumb as dumb could be.
But, on my side, I had good grades, lots of activities and a decent "stage presence". Add to that, I was also naive and didn't have my heart set on any house going in. And I wasn't cocky, and neither was Mom.
In short, I was damn lucky.
Of course, back then, you could get in with a mediocre GPA and average SAT scores. I think I'd still get admitted, but it's not the sure thing it would have been back then.
Well, even if Precious Angel doesn't pledge, at least she has a shot at getting a good education.
