Hi ladies!
I'm planning on rushing next year as a sophomore (though by credits I will be a junior, but that's a discussion I'll have with the Greek Life Office later lol) and have spent the past few weeks lurking on the boards for information about how to prepare. I've learned that recs are vitally important, especially for my school an I'm now beginning the process of gathering as many as I can. However, this has led me to a couple problems/ dilemmas that I couldn't find answers to when I searched the board, so I was hoping y'all could help me or direct me to any thread that may address my problems
Problem one- I found an alumnae group in my hometown, however I've realized that because I am a couple hours away meeting these women and impressing them with my dazzling personality (
) is going to be difficult until school gets out. I would just wait until the semester ends to contact the alumnae, but as soon as it does (literally two days after my last exam) I'm leaving the country to study abroad for the first part of summer and won't return until mid June. I don't want to wait to contact the alumnae organization until I return, because I know that's rec busy season and I feel may be looked at as a last minute thing. But I feel as though if I contact them now, it will be fruitless because I may not be able to meet any of them (unless I manage to schedule any meeting in one weekend trip home! lol). What do y'all think?
Problem two- When I do introduce myself to the alumnae organization, I don't know what to say! (this may be a bit of a silly problem, but I'm kind of neurotic about things like this) The threads all say I should "register" with my local alumnae group but I'm honestly not quite sure what that entails lol. The website has a "contact us" form that involves categories for name, email, and question which is (I'm assuming) where I should introduce myself and state my interest in obtaining recs from them. However, I don't want to be rude or step on anyones toes and I feel like blatantly saying "I'm writing so see if you can put me in contact with anyone willing to meet with me and write me recommendations" may come off a bit rude or commanding. Am I just being silly?
This is way long, sorry. I'm a very wordy person haha! Thank you for reading this and I'm sorry if this has been asked 1000000 time before, I searched the boards and couldn't come up with any answers.
Thanks again!
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