Are recs obsolete?

[kddani]

Originally Posted by carnation

But see, there are schools where it's so selective to get in--plus their recruitment is competitive--and there are no grade cuts. It's so hard to get into UGa now that there's no way there are any freshman grade cuts! That leaves the sororities with hundreds of girls they must cut in a short period of time and no easy way to choose who to drop. Georgia Tech has no freshman grade cuts either.

So then why should something ridiculously arbitrary, like the lack of a piece of paper, be a reason to cut a girl? Why not go on first round impressions, resume, etc.?

Especially when everyone says "oh recs aren't REQUIRED, it is the sorority's responsibility to get them". Panhel pages and sorority HQ pages say recs are the sorority's responsibility to procure. It's talking out of both sides of your mouth, which is what I really hate about recs. You're giving misinformation to girls, then punishing them when they follow what they were told.