My Rush

[FSUZeta]

but in defense of the pnms,

if they have visited their schools panhellenic website, and also visited each chapters local and national website, they attended the greek informational meeting during orientation and read any recruitment info. mailed to them, and none of that information tells them that at their school they need to have recs., but in reality they do, whose fault is that?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

but in defense of the pnms,

if they have visited their schools panhellenic website, and also visited each chapters local and national website, they attended the greek informational meeting during orientation and read any recruitment info. mailed to them, and none of that information tells them that at their school they need to have recs., but in reality they do, whose fault is that?

NPC's for not having the balls to admit that at big schools (and even at small schools sometimes) rush can be cutthroat and stressful and elitist and not all fuzzy puppies and cupcakes.

YEAH I SAID IT, IT'S FRIDAY!

[ADPi Conniebama]

Originally Posted by 33girl

NPC's for not having the balls to admit that at big schools (and even at small schools sometimes) rush can be cutthroat and stressful and elitist and not all fuzzy puppies and cupcakes.

YEAH I SAID IT, IT'S FRIDAY!

AAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEN

[DominoTheta]

Recs are a way of showing a sorority that you have taken the time to contact sisters which shows that you are interested in learning more about their sorority and the others. Get all the recs you can. I would work till I had two for each house, personally.

Good luck with recruitment! I'm very exited for you!

[islavistasweety]

Good luck with recruitment!

[blueangel]

Originally Posted by DominoTheta

Recs are a way of showing a sorority that you have taken the time to contact sisters which shows that you are interested in learning more about their sorority and the others. Get all the recs you can. I would work till I had two for each house, personally.

Good luck with recruitment! I'm very exited for you!

BUT... what if you come from an area of the country where fraternities and sororities aren't popular, and then move to a school where they are? As I stated in another thread, I live in the northeast, and literally didn't know a single soul who was in a GLO. I didn't know the first thing about sororities and quite frankly, had no interest in them because I had never been exposed to them....

... until I transferred to UF.

Fortunately, when I rushed, recs were not a requirement. I think recs put young women who grow up "sorority geographically challenged" at an unfair disadvantage.

And, secondly.. many people write recs for women they have never met. So, what good is a rec anyway?

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by blueangel

And, secondly.. many people write recs for women they have never met. So, what good is a rec anyway?

It's paperwork that bumps your visibility up over those who don't have it. And if the majority of PNM's coming through recruitment have recs, you should, too.

And if the majority of sororities require that their new member class have alumnae recs before they can be initiated, it only makes sense that the chapter is going to kill 2 birds with one stone and invite back girls with recs during recruitment so they don't have to do the work later.

Chapters want PNMs with stellar grades and activities. An overwhelming majority of PNMs possess such attributes. If they also have recs, that is one less chore the chapter has to complete.

ETA: I can understand coming from an area where recs are not very important and not knowing. However, with the amount of information available on the internet today, student orientations and campus visits, any PNM who is committed to becoming a sorority member should quickly get a sense of what needs to happen.

[Drolefille]

I'll ask again, because no one answered... What about those like me... I went to school not thinking about joining a sorority and went through on my mom's wishes and realized I was wrong about the stereotypes.

Is there no place for women like that at some of these schools?

Some PNMs aren't PNMS until the last day of signup for rush.

[blueangel]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

It's paperwork that bumps your visibility up over those who don't have it. And if the majority of PNM's coming through recruitment have recs, you should, too.

And if the majority of sororities require that their new member class have alumnae recs before they can be initiated, it only makes sense that the chapter is going to kill 2 birds with one stone and invite back girls with recs during recruitment so they don't have to do the work later.

Chapters want PNMs with stellar grades and activities. An overwhelming majority of PNMs possess such attributes. If they also have recs, that is one less chore the chapter has to complete.

ETA: I can understand coming from an area where recs are not very important and not knowing. However, with the amount of information available on the internet today, student orientations and campus visits, any PNM who is committed to becoming a sorority member should quickly get a sense of what needs to happen.

You're missing my point. How does one get recs when one knows NOBODY in a GLO? It seems that people who are "geographically challenged" in this manner now have the disadvantage of having to pester people on the internet who they've never even met! And doesn't having strangers write you a rec defeat the whole purpose for a rec?

It may be hard to believe for those of you who live in areas where it's a big deal.. but I literally knew no one in a GLO. Now that I'm back up in the northeast --I still literally know NOBODY who has ever been a part of a GLO outside of my alumnae chapter. It just isn't big here.