Indiana University Recruitment

[geneva]

My daughter will be a freshman at IU this fall and is very excited about going through rush (sorry, recruitment). The houses on your campus are beautiful. I was in a house many years ago at University of Oregon where it wasn't competitive at all, so the IU process is quite intimidating. We've been told letters of reference are extremely important at IU. Could you ladies give us some advice on how it works? To whom do we have friends send letters (local chapters? your panhellenic group? local alumni organization?)? And when should they be sent? Does she need a letter for every house if she has any hopes of being asked back? And also, is she at a disadvantage not being from Indiana (we live in Northern California)? Thanks for any help you could give us as we figure this all out.

[lyrelyre]

Originally Posted by geneva

We've been told letters of reference are extremely important at IU. Could you ladies give us some advice on how it works? To whom do we have friends send letters (local chapters? your panhellenic group? local alumni organization?)? And when should they be sent? Does she need a letter for every house if she has any hopes of being asked back? And also, is she at a disadvantage not being from Indiana (we live in Northern California)? Thanks for any help you could give us as we figure this all out.

The person writing the recommendation should know when, where, and to whom to send it.