Yet to be Themed Re-recruitment Story

[amIblue?]

KC 96...sorry your thread has gone so far off the rails. We do want to hear how things turn out for you, so maybe you might want to start a new thread to let us know about it. Good luck!

[jolene]

Holy cats. So thankful I joined an org that didn't require a rec since I was clueless and merely wanted to find a sisterhood and get plugged into campus. And no, at my campus I wouldn't have been an outlier. If GSU's Greek system required recs (they were the exception and not the rule), our Panhellenic would have died out.

[SoCalGirl]

tl;dr

How many times have you heard "trust your sisters" during rush?

Sometimes that's a collegiate sister trusting another bump line within the chapter during MS. Sometimes that's an alum trusting a bump line when cranking out recs.

[AZTheta]

I recall seeing the forms in our magazine pre-internet; they may still be available in that format (haven't read the magazine for quite a while, too many other things going on). Many pre-internet alumnae (euphemism for those of a Certain Age) will submit printed/handwritten recs so the forms are readily available to them via the magazine.

No advantage or need to keep them "removed from public view". No harm in transparency - why shouldn't the PNM know what questions the form contains? We ask for photos, resume, etc. and we likely know the PNM or have some acquaintance with her, in many cases. She may not be privy to the responses we provide, however.

I laughed at the image of an alum (or alums) furiously churning out recs to fulfill some requirement. Reminded me of the "twelve monkeys sitting in front of twelve typewriters" stuff.

AOE-7, have you discussed recommendations with your alumnae and advisors? You might get some good answers and insight from them as to the history and practice. I suspect that in your lifetime the rec requirement will disappear. Thanks to the Internet and the Millenials' need to document EVERYTHING on the Internet, paired with search engines, we can find out anything and everything about people with a few clicks.

writing this at 3 am because the dog woke me up barking at some wild animal outside (probably a bobcat), and there are something like 16 pages of new posts, mainly spam. This thread was on page 11. I can see how legitimate posts get swept up and dumped in the massive spam cleanup that the super mods and mods have to do constantly. This is unreal.

[DubaiSis]

How I would LIKE recs to work (rare and special) and how they work are both not the same thing and completely irrelevant. First, I can complain til the cows come home about how ZTA or Theta or anyone else does it. And then I'll get out of breath, so good for me. My opinion counts for neither jack nor squat. Second, the fact that the system sucks IMO doesn't mean that I wouldn't play the game if I were going through now. And that was the point of this whole meltdown in the first place. Possibly recs aren't really that important at her school. GET THEM ANYWAY. Cross every T. Dot every I. Maximize every opportunity you have for success.

The single only piece in all of this I found valuable is the person who said if they got a rec from a sophomore at her school it would actually be seen as weird. THAT is something I'd like to know more about. And I'd love to know if this is the thinking at the school in question.

[irishpipes]

I agree that there isn't harm in the forms being public, except for that poster last year who wrote her own recs...

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I agree that there isn't harm in the forms being public, except for that poster last year who wrote her own recs...

Wow, I definitely missed that trainwreck of a thread last year!

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

Wow, I definitely missed that trainwreck of a thread last year!

I did too! Is there a link anywhere?

[ADPi&Theta_Mom]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

I did too! Is there a link anywhere?

My thoughts exactly!

[shadokat]

Wow, you gotta have some balls to write your own recs!!!

[KerriMarie]

This poor girl is running as far as she can get away from Greek Life after the way this thread has gone!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by KerriMarie

This poor girl is running as far as she can get away from Greek Life after the way this thread has gone!

Actually, I hope that she has enough spunk to go through Recruitment, get a bid, and possibly thumb her nose at all of us.

The only thing is, no one will ever know if someone had written for her on the downlow.

I still wish her well!

[KerriMarie]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Actually, I hope that she has enough spunk to go through Recruitment, get a bid, and possibly thumb her nose at all of us.

This is what I hope too, but this got very out of control.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Actually, I hope that she has enough spunk to go through Recruitment, get a bid, and possibly thumb her nose at all of us.

This is exactly where I am. This thread got UGLY.

[tinydancer]

I also hope she will start a new thread and let us know how things go.