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The Houston Alumnae Panhellenic advises PNM's to get one recommendation per sorority, and to get additional letters of support from alumnae.
The recommendation itself is a form unique to each sorority asking for your SAT scores, GPA and extracurriculars. It is paperwork the sorority must process. There are really only so many ways to say you were captain of the cheerleading squad, so multiple recommendations forms from multiple alumnae really doesn't give the sorority any new information about you.
I recall getting 5 recs on a PNM one year in my chapter. We were accustomed to getting 1 or 2 for a PNM. Each form had identical information to the letter, but was signed by a different alumna. It was a little annoying because it didn't teach us anything new that we couldn't get from the first rec, but we didn't hold it against her.
After you have one rec for a sorority, you hypothetically should be good to go. This may vary, but many of the Houston-area high schools send students to UT, Bama, Auburn, LSU and Ol Miss-- and those girls pledge sororities every year. BUT at competitive schools like this the Houston AP has one more trick up their sleeves for our area PNMs: letters of support.
Letters of support from alumnae supplement what is on the recommendation form. They can help you to postitvely stand out because alumnae have taken the time to write about their relationship with you and those qualitative factors that go beyond "she volunteered for 2 years at a soup kitchen" that is found on your recruitment application and recomendation form.
Hope this helps.
If recs aren't the norm at your school, certainly, they can help you to stand out. If they are the norm at your school, then make sure to get them for all of the chapters so that you have every advantage available to you coming into recruitment. They won't guarantee you a bid, but in many cases recs bump your visibility among the sororities. Or so many girls have them that it becomes status quo and in making cuts it is easier to cut the girls they know less about. Recs can help here, although again, it isn't a full proof guarantee.
If the girl you spoke to is a member of a sorority at your school and she has been through recruitment as a sister of that sorority, you should be fine with one rec at her chapter. Remember not to take everything you see on GC as gospel. When in doubt, call the office of Greek Life at your school. Instead of asking them if recs are necessary, ask on average how many recs a chapter typically receives (a lot or very little) and if they normally get multiple recs for one PNM.
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Last edited by adpiucf; 07-19-2006 at 12:22 PM.
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