Can a rec hurt you?

[dzsaigirl]

We didn't necessarily know if a girl had a rec in at another sorority, however, many times a PNM would have a list of "references" listed at the end of her resume/activities list and it would list the references as, EX:

Jane Doe
15 Maple St.
Nowhere, USA
Delta Gamma

So we would assume that if she had certain sororities represented in her "references" that those women would have sent in a rec for them...

If the rec people were people who we knew already and were strong local alums or very recent alums who were related to them, etc. it would definitely raise awareness as to where that PNM might be leaning, but our job was to try to get them to love us no matter who they knew from other sororities...Does that make sense? I would say we rushed people even HARDER when they had connections to another group...it can make you sort of more desirable as a PNM...but definitely try to get recs for the other groups if possible...just don't worry if you can't unless your school's rush is the type where houses will cut for not having a rec (this is a mostly southern thing). And remember, technically, it is the sorority's responsibility to secure recs...