advice needed

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by OSU Maman

My daughter will be attending Ohio State University. Recruitment doesn't take place until after Christmas. I understand that (or at least I thought I did) recs are not needed like they are at an SEC school. If someone has knowledge to the contrary, please let me know. Or should my daughter ask this question when she has her Welcome Week activities (where they will meet some of the people from Greek life)?

Thanks!

You don't need recs at OSU. Alot of the girls I know who rushed there didn't have any and they all got bids. If you would like to secure some, I'm sure they'd be good to have (she'd stand out from some of the other PNMs) ,but they're not needed.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

You don't need recs at OSU. Alot of the girls I know who rushed there didn't have any and they all got bids. If you would like to secure some, I'm sure they'd be good to have (she'd stand out from some of the other PNMs) ,but they're not needed.

I don't know about other groups, but ours (Delta Gamma) requires that each PNM invited to pref be sponsored. Generally speaking, the chapter will contact an alum to sponsor the girl. I'm not saying that EVERY chapter actually does this...but they're supposed to. And I'm not saying that a collegiate member grabs and signs it. But...when I hear of a girl from my hometown pledging my sorority without anybody contacting me or another initiated member here, I am not pleased. 99% of the time there is no problem...but....let's just say the system is in place to try to prevent future problems.

[UGAalum94]

We've got to be careful about drawing the distinction between getting a bid without a rec that you arranged for and getting a bid without a rec. Unless you were the membership chair, you'd probably have no way of actually knowing for sure that a PNM didn't end up with a rec.

I know that I've done at least four RIFs this year on girls who have no idea that I've sent one in. And they probably never will know. If they got bids, they'd be thinking they got one without one, but it wouldn't be accurate.

I'm not saying that all campuses use them or anything like that (although I'm really baffled about how groups that need them according to national policy get around it), but I'd be careful about telling people that they don't use them or need them. How would you know for sure what other groups want?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

...I know that I've done at least four RIFs this year on girls who have no idea that I've sent one in. And they probably never will know. If they got bids, they'd be thinking they got one without one, but it wouldn't be accurate...

Exactly.

[Titchou]

The last year I was City Sponsorship Chairman for my sorority we had over 250 women from my home town go thru recruitment at various schools where we have chapters. I dare say that not a one of them knew I signed her sponsor form.