While I actually have no idea the reason behond Panhellenic not wanting transcripts etc., I will share something I have actually seen happen more than once.
A PNM's rec transcript not matching the one in the admissions office.
There are some amazing editing tools out there that can change a few grades to make the gpa survive the sorority minimum.
I'm sure someone has heard of this happening before, and it caused a lot of confusion. I'm not guessing that's what happened either, the pnms confirmed it. My job is very creative and I have all the tools to do this in about 5 minutes. Scan it, open it in InDesign 6, clone out the grade and then font match to input the new grade etc. Scary easy
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Originally Posted by Blondie93
Oh, this has set me off!
Where does the campus Panhellenic get off telling the girls what to send to the local Alumnae Panhellenics? I write dozens of recs each year, and am VERY uncomfortable writing a rec without a transcript. You have mentioned some of my reasons, but I also like to see the quality of classes that the PNM has taken and the types of electives. However, mostly I want a school confirmation on their academic ability. I have seen some very generous "roundings" of GPA. I fully understand that the chapters can sniff this out with the Panhellenic transcript but if I am signing my name to a rec then I want to confirm that what I am telling the chapters is true.
I find it very odd, not to mention inappropriate, for a campus Panhellenic to tell the girls not to send the transcripts to the APH's and to their rec writers. If the individual chapters do not want me to pass along the transcript, then I won't. But please don't interfere with the information available to me through the APH.
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