Sorority Secrets Blog Response From Blogger

Originally Posted by sororityblogger

Hello everyone! It's me... the "brat" from *****. I have read the thread regarding my blog and just wanted to respond to all of the criticisms and concerns.

1. I am a real person in a real sorority. All of those pictures you see of girls? Yes they are mine taken from my camera. The other pictures on the site are taken from google images and are linked to accordingly. So please relax on the picture swiping talk... it sort of hurts my feelings.

2. I deleted the page about the recommendations and legacies and all that business. I am certain that what I wrote on that page is the protocol at my particular university but I never realized so many people would freak out over getting information that was different from their own. My apologies. I write this blog only to help. Also, why would I waste my time writing about a sorority if I weren't in one?

3. I appreciate all of your concerns so please feel free to email me directly or post comments on my blog. If I am misinformed about something... enlighten me! I am more than happy to hear your feedback directly on my blog... not on some forum. Your information is important to me.

4. I wrote this on my blog a number of times but I shall reiterate it once again. I am writing this blog as a member of a sorority- not an adviser or rush coach or anything like that. I love giving advice to my friends at home on college and rush and life in general so I figured... why not blog about it? I write this blog as if i were giving this advice to my little sister.. so please please keep this in mind when reading. Thanks so much. I hope everyone is still as excited for rush as I am!! YAY!

It figures you don't want feedback here because at your blog, you can control what gets seen and what doesn't!

There are many who 'perp being in a sorority, and we've seen several over here.

While I do understand some things are done a certain way on your campus, you were greatly misinformed with much of your recruitment information, especially the info regarding legacies and recs. People weren't freaking out because it was "different from their own"...there's an NPC standard all sororities need to follow. What you posted was just wayyyy out there.

Also, who is your blog targeted to? PNMs? Rec writers?

another-sorority-letter-of-recommendation

28Jul08

I have noticed that many of you have enjoyed my sample sorority letter of recommendation. Here is another template you can use to write a fool proof letter of rec that will knock the socks off of any VP recruitment. I give you full permission to plagiarize as much as you would like.


Dear Sisters of __________,
I am a member of the delta delta chapter of Delta Nu from UC Pasadena class of 2009. I am writing this letter on behalf of Kate Smith, who has been a very close (friend/sister/cousin) of mine for the past (5/10/15) years. Kate Smith is a wonderful woman who exemplifies everything a Delta Nu should be. She was very involved in high school and was Ms. Pasadena her junior year of high school. She was also on the Volley ball team and was very active in Student government as well. She was on the prom planning committee and was involved in the gifted student’s program at her high school. Kate is not only a fantastic student, but one of the nicest and most vivacious girls I know. She is always there for her friends and is very well liked amongst her peers. She is a very loyal person and brings light and life to any social situation. She has a good head on her shoulders which is why I am certain she will make an excellent addition to your chapter. Kate Smith is an outstanding young woman and I am positive she will wear the letters of Delta Nu with loyalty and pride. Thank you for your consideration.


Sincerely,
You.

I'm not sure why you have a Letter Template out there when the rest of your blog seems like it's directed to PNMs. Rec writers have the forms they need, usually at their sorority's website.


Also...

Do not miss a day of rush. It doesn’t matter if you have class or other obligations, rush is priority number one and if you can’t make that exception for one day, then you probably don’t have the time to join a sorority anyway. The world will not end if you miss one day of class.

Um, no. This is terrible advice. At some campuses, PNMs are IMMEDIATELY DROPPED from recruitment if it's discovered that they missed a class to attend recruitment events.