Is Greek right for my dd?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by JLCo

I just don't see us pursuing a rec for every Greek sorority on campus. While that would be very thorough, I don't see us going that route.

If you're not going to try to get a rec for everyone (or worse yet, if she or you have already chosen groups that you think would be "suitable" and don't want to bother with the rest) then she shouldn't waste time going through rush.

Ditto if whatever school she's attending has a Panhellenic preview weekend (the majority of schools do not do this, and it can be an enormous help to a rushee) and she isn't planning on attending it. If she was going to a small school with a small Greek community, she could probably half-ass it and turn out fine. However, that isn't the case at a "large university" especially an SEC university.

[adpiucf]

I think we've all said enough. If OP's daughter is as thorough and diligent as she says, and I suspect she is, the daughter will do all the research she needs to do and act accordingly. A gifted student who wants to be a doctor and dances competitively is Type A enough to get all her recs.

I think we're misreading the situation. Mom doesn't care if daughter goes Greek or not; daughter is interested. Mom just came on here to see if girls like her daughter tend to join sororities and have successful college experiences. I think we've satisfied her that it is possible, armed her with some info and warnings on the competitiveness of SEC recruitment and can let it go. We're not going to force people to get recs if they don't plan to take it seriously.

There's plenty of info on how to secure recs floating around on GC. Daughter seems bright and will figure it out if she wants to.

I don't think mom is trolling. I think she's a typical parent.

ETA: I just reread this and I sound like Tom Earp. Transitions between paragraphs would be nice...

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

ETA: I just reread this and I sound like Tom Earp. Transitions between paragraphs would be nice...

Nah.. not even close. Your writing made sense.

Besides, you forgot all the smilies and the abortive syntax and the !!!!

[tinydancer]

Unfortunately, she put me off when she referred to her daughter as "dd."