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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Important to remember:
A LACK OF PLANNING ON YOUR PART DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON MINE.
Meaning that if you need a rec, DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE to contact the appropriate people. You will be very sad, as many Alumnae Panhellenics have early deadlines.
Also, if you DO happen to get someone to provide you with a last minute rec, you need to be PATIENT. If someone says they will do it for you, THEY WILL. You do not need to email them every day bugging them.
On that same token, if you're contacting alumnae chapters for recs (meaning an actual alumnae chapter of a specific NPC group, ex: San Antonio alumnae chapter of ZTA) please do not bombard them with emails over the summer about it. Alumnae do not sit by the computer over summer waiting for PNMs to contact them. They have things to do. Please do not panic if your request is not responded to immediately.
In short, just remember: Everyone does not live for your recommendation needs.
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I would like to point out that alums need to remember this too. Please, for the love of God, if you're gonna tell a PNM you'll help her...please remember to follow through and in a timely manner!
My APH was approached (on the website contact form) by a woman helping a family friend secure recs for rush at Vanderbilt. This alum sent us a frantic email the week before Vandy rush began asking us to help her out. She attached the PNM's resume, but poor planning on her part only got the PNM I think 3 recs total.
Frazzled alum admitted to us that PNM submitted her information months ago in preparation for Vandy rush. For whatever reason the alum forgot, and only remembered at the 11th hour. In this case, I really wish the PNM had contacted us directly. But, oh well. You can't blame her for wanting to go through her family friend. After all, that's what we suggest to PNMs here.
I've been doing searches on FB/Google to see if PNM pledged a sorority and I can't seem to find anything. If she didn't, I hope she was able to find her place at Vandy.