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Originally posted by FSUZeta
i think that you are on the right track by visiting greekchat and learning about the general workings of formal recruitment. as has been said, it is different on every campus, and it behooves each pnm to educate herself as to what is required to be successful in her campus' formal recruitment process. on a lot of college panhellenic council websites it will plainly say that it is suggested that the pnm try to secure letters of recommendation prior to the the commencement of formal recruitment. if your colleges website doesn't state that, call the pan-hel office and point blank ask them.
it will also give suggestions on what to wear for each day of recruitment, and some sites even have women in the suggested clothing to help you know exactly what to wear.
as for getting recs for yourself, it can be done. i grew up in a small town, but through networking i acquired recs. to almost every house at fsu. i'll bet some of your teachers were in sororities. call up a favorite one and ask-if she wasn't she may know a teacher who isand that sorority alumna will probably know women who were in other sororities-just ask them. ask people at your church,at your parents work place- not strangers, but people you know. i can promise you, we alums. are delighted when someone asks us to write a rec. for them. i just know that someone you know will know someone in a sorority, and will connect you with them. it's called networking-just like when you are trying to get your foot in the door at a certain company. and when you do secure those recs., be sure to write a thank you to each woman who wrote you one, and let them know what sorority you joined. it will make their day. lisa
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I have talked to my school, ( I will be transferring there this summer/fall, I go to a tech school to get basic credits). They said recs would help but thats it.
Let me tell you about myself. I was born and raised in PHX, AZ. I moved to a small town in GA about a year ago, after I was out of high school. My mom works, but 50 miles away. My sister is the only one in my entire family who has a B.A (and she thinks greek life is a waste of time/money) my cousins does have technical degress from the school that I am getting core classes from.
I have talked to alum from my area, who are very nice. I have even met one. ADGLynn, who just happens to be the advisor to the Gamma Tau chapter of the school I will be going to. But I would feel weird asking her. I would feel like the only reason I talked to her was for a rec. But I talked to her becuase she made me feel really confidant about rush (weather I go AGD or not, which she has stayed very Panhellenic and talked about greek life as a whole, not just AGD, unless I asked how the NM class was or whatnot) I know she would write one if I asked her (not sure how much she would be able to say, but she has met me and we have chatted a few times) so if AGD is one of those groups that requires a rec to be able to be giving a bid, she could say she has talked to me before rush.
I would feel strange to post of the other 5 boards that represent my school and give them a low down and have them write me one. What would they say, good or bad. They don't really know me.
My question is what would stop me from going to some alum from one of the 6 at my school and writing to them/ their alum club to write a nice rec for me? Wouldn't posting online for anyone to write me a rec be the same thing?
Christia