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Who are these poor girls, exactly? For most campuses, recs are not *required*, and if a compelling PNM doesn't have any, the chapter can and will obtain one for her. This is true of even fairly competitive, big campus recruitments like Arizona or the California USC or Ohio State.
For the campuses where a girl without a rec doesn't have a prayer, a girl who doesn't know anyone doesn't have much of a prayer at most of the houses anyway. The top chapters pull girls they know whether through hometown connections or family connections- and they can't take all of them. A PNM who is from that area knows she needs recs because SOMEONE she knows is familiar with that system. If Sally Stranger PNM comes from nowhere and decides to go through recruitment on a lark, her chances are going to be the same whether she gets a rec from someone who barely knows her or doesn't.
But I think the number of clueless Sally Strangers is pretty small. The number of super clueless Sally Strangers who would be great fits for a big Southern Greek system even though they knew nothing about it until one second ago is even smaller. (My own guess is that the Sally Stranger who is as smart and accomplished and well-rounded as the best of the best PNMs but hasn't had the importance of going Greek bred into her from birth, would take one look at some doorchants and run.)
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