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Originally Posted by circlet
The Greek Life office at the school I am attending in the fall suggests that we send a resume, transcript and picture with each rec. If I am unsuccessful (I hope this won't happen) in securing a rec for a particular sorority, would you suggest sending the packet of information without the rec? FYI...this is a southern university with a highly competitive recruitment. Thank you!
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I cannot speak for other Chapters, but we receive several transcripts and resumes from PNMs who were not able to secure Recs from alums. While we cannot give "Rec credit", we will read your info. If you have more activities/info listed on your resume than was on your Recruitment application (perhaps due to space limitations) then it's good to do. If it is the same, then there is no need to send one.
A final transcript is helpful and appreciated to guarantee a Chapter has an accurate GPA listed for a PNM. Also, if your school has some funky grading system then please include an official explanation. Note: not your personal explanation, we need something official. Check with your HS or maybe you can print a policy off of their website.
An even better suggestion, look at the University's grading scale. If they are on a 4.0 then that's what the sororities are using. When you go to your HS to pick up an official copy of your transcript, have someone there convert it to that scale, write it on the transcript and SIGN the transcript as an official representative of the HS.
(What is up with some of the High Schools? I've seen so many weird/non-traditional grading scales. One that sticks out in my mind was on a 4.38 scale. What is up with that? A 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 or even 100 I understand, but a 4.38? How bizarre! If I hadn't read the transcript we probably wouldn't have caught it. We would have assumed it was a 4.0 scale and the PNM would not have made our GPA minimum, but once converted she did.)
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