Really Need Help w/ Recs! I'm confused!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

I don't know the breakdown, but PNM's should be aware that in some orgs, a letter from a collegian would be considered a "letter of introduction", not a formal rec.

[PenguinTrax]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Many orgs do not accept recs from active collegians.

However, those initiated collegians can assist in putting the PNM in contact with local alumnae.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by OTW

Really? I thought there were more orgs who do allow their collegians to write recs than those who don't.

Alpha Gamma Delta collegians are allowed to write them. If I'm not mistaken (and I recall reading this somewhere on GC), Kappa Delta does too. I thought I saw a list of sororities that do allow recs from collegians, but I couldn't find it.

ASA allows collegiate recs.

[sunnydebs]

Originally Posted by OTW

Really? I thought there were more orgs who do allow their collegians to write recs than those who don't.

Alpha Gamma Delta collegians are allowed to write them. If I'm not mistaken (and I recall reading this somewhere on GC), Kappa Delta does too. I thought I saw a list of sororities that do allow recs from collegians, but I couldn't find it.

Actually, Kappa Delta only allows recs from alumna members.

[kdonline]

Originally Posted by sunnydebs

Actually, Kappa Delta only allows recs from alumna members.

Correction:

Kappa Delta allows recs from collegiate members for women going through recruitment at other schools. This has been in effect since at least 2005 - maybe a couple years longer.

Originally Posted by kdonline

Correction:

Kappa Delta allows recs from collegiate members for women going through recruitment at other schools. This has been in effect since at least 2005 - maybe a couple years longer.

LOL...it was your post correcting someone else about the KD rec policy that I remembered reading!

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by kdonline

Kappa Delta allows recs from collegiate members for women going through recruitment at other schools.

Likewise for Kappa. I am under the impression this the policy for many organizations that allow collegiate members to write recs.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Phi Mu does not. I would be surprised if we are the only ones, but either way, the PNM should make sure that the woman writing a rec is really in a position to do so, that's all.

We once got a rec from a woman who had turned in her badge. Um....?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Phi Mu does not. I would be surprised if we are the only ones, but either way, the PNM should make sure that the woman writing a rec is really in a position to do so, that's all.

We once got a rec from a woman who had turned in her badge. Um....?

Sorry for getting off track, but how did you know about her badge? Did she volunteer it in the letter or does everyone check the status of the women who submit recs? (I had just never thought of this before, and it's interesting. I guess you'd have to check so people didn't fake them, maybe, but it still surprised me.)

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Sorry for getting off track, but how did you know about her badge? Did she volunteer it in the letter or does everyone check the status of the women who submit recs? (I had just never thought of this before, and it's interesting. I guess you'd have to check so people didn't fake them, maybe, but it still surprised me.)

I remember hearing a story from an alum once about her chapter checking the membership status of rec-writers... and apparently a girl had a rec one year from an "aunt" who was never even a member of the org! The woman who told me the story said it was so hard not to ask the PNM whether the aunt was a fabrication or the aunt was a big fat liar. Either way, I'm sure the PNM was cut.

I wonder if lack of checking on the status of rec-writers opens the door for more instances like this one (especially in chapters that receive 2-3 recs for nearly every PNM).

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Sorry for getting off track, but how did you know about her badge? Did she volunteer it in the letter or does everyone check the status of the women who submit recs? (I had just never thought of this before, and it's interesting. I guess you'd have to check so people didn't fake them, maybe, but it still surprised me.)

It was someone who had been in our chapter recently enough for people to remember her.

[KSUViolet06]

Tri Sigma does not allow collegians to write recs.

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Sorry for getting off track, but how did you know about her badge? Did she volunteer it in the letter or does everyone check the status of the women who submit recs? (I had just never thought of this before, and it's interesting. I guess you'd have to check so people didn't fake them, maybe, but it still surprised me.)

I guess with most (if not all) sororities having their member database online in the Members-Only portion of their website, doing this wouldn't be so hard -- especially when the RIF (as ours is called) asks for First & Last Name, Chapter of Initiation, and Date of Initiation.

[KSUViolet06]

This girl came through recruitment last fall. She had a rec which stated that she was a legacy. The form said she was a legacy through her mom.

We have to verify all legacies before we give them the courtesies of our legacy policy. We ran mom's name through the directory, no matches. We thought it was no biggie, mom is just not an active alumna and HQ might not have her updated info.

We ended up calling down to HQ and having them go through their records. The assistant asked for the chapter designation and her initiation year again, sounding confused. It turns out that the initiation year she put on the form and the chapter did not match. We had no idea, but the year that mom says she was "initiated", the chapter had been closed for 5 years!

[FSUZeta]

zta's rec. policy is that if a collegian writes a rec., she must have an alumna co-sign.