Are recs obsolete?

[33girl]

I would NEVER put facebook or anything like that in the same category as a rec written by an alumna. If I really wanted to, I could probably figure out how to be a "fake" student when I obviously am not. If the sororities are using facebook for anything other than remembering names/faces, and thinking it's a "shortcut," they're going to end up in a real jam sooner or later.

To me recs are like fancy parties - some places have embraced the NPC "no frills" resolution, some basically thumb their noses at it and still spend tens of thousands of $$$ on rush, because those are the large chapters that bring in big bucks. It's the same with recs. Even if NPC passed a resolution tomorrow that they were obsolete and no one should pay attention to them any more, there would still be chapters and schools in the country where you can't get past rush orientation without a rec.