Recommendation question

[Minoafrau]

My daughter is rushing as an out of state student at a Southern University. Knowing it would be competitive, I worked hard to secure recommendations for as many houses as possible--particularly those she was interested in. I was surprised when she was cut from a couple of those after the first round, despite multiple recommendations.

In my chapter, back in the early 1980s, we extended a "courtesy" invite to the second round to any girl we had received a rec for. I'm not sure if this was national policy or our own local custom, but I had assumed it was standard practice.

I am curious to hear from others about various groups' policies regarding recommendations.