[DGMarie]

What you are saying isn't necessarily true. If a GLO wants you, they will find someone to write a rec for you.

I disagree with your statement that a girl without a rec is considered second rate. A girl who shines during rush without a rec gets equal notice as a girl with a rec from her Aunt Matilda who is a wallflower.

I think you are reading way more into the rec thing than need be. I went to an SEC school in the deep south where recs were important but by no means the end all be all. Having a rec was no guarantee of anything.

As for having to know someone to get in, well, that certainly doesn't hurt.