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hijack: Coming from the West Coast, I'll tell you guys that I did raise an eyebrow at some of the elaboration and details. However, I also know that when I was preparing for rush, I did not have recommendations for all the chapters (we called them houses at the time). I had a Delta Gamma rec because I was positive that was the only sorority that I wanted, and I'd idolized a DG alumna since I was a young girl and she was in college. She wrote my rec and she was so encouraging, and I wanted to be just like her.
Seriously. Anyway, I submitted my rush application and photos. And about a week later, while I was still at home, I got phone calls from alumnae of various chapters, asking if I could meet for coffee or ice cream or lunch or whatever. And within a couple of weeks I had recommendations submitted on my behalf by these alumnae. I never asked, it just happened. If they were inspecting me, it wasn't blatant. I didn't have to stand and turn around or anything. I just had to be on my very best behavior, and thanks to my grandmother, I knew how to behave.
Now I have a network of women from various chapters and we support each other's PNMs, and that's all I'm gonna say about that.
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