Almost64's Recruitment Thread (at an SEC school)

[kdonline]

Originally Posted by 33girl

NO. The alumnae aren't just sitting around rush waiting for stuff to do - they are grown women who have lives. The role of alums in rush varies by sorority, but I can't think of any who do this.

Sorry, you are incorrect with this assumption. YES, there are some alumnae who actually sit around, waiting for the phone calls from chapters with rec requests for PNMs. "Hi Mrs. Jones, this is Sally from --- chapter. I met a great girl during recruitment today, and she needs a rec. Will you write one for her? Here is the information..." And within a couple of hours, the rec is emailed or faxed over.

Originally Posted by Stef the Pef

I'm pretty sure KD's national policy requires recs, so I ended up having the reference chair approach me after rush to get the info to have someone else write it for me.

KD no longer "requires" recommendations, but the chapters have to make every effort to obtain one.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by kdonline

Sorry, you are incorrect with this assumption. YES, there are some alumnae who actually sit around, waiting for the phone calls from chapters with rec requests for PNMs. "Hi Mrs. Jones, this is Sally from --- chapter. I met a great girl during recruitment today, and she needs a rec. Will you write one for her? Here is the information..." And within a couple of hours, the rec is emailed or faxed over.

I meant that they didn't have an alum sitting around the actual rush parties or in the sorority house, doing nothing but waiting to meet girls and give out recs, which is what the OP implied.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by kdonline

Sorry, you are incorrect with this assumption. YES, there are some alumnae who actually sit around, waiting for the phone calls from chapters with rec requests for PNMs. "Hi Mrs. Jones, this is Sally from --- chapter. I met a great girl during recruitment today, and she needs a rec. Will you write one for her? Here is the information..." And within a couple of hours, the rec is emailed or faxed over.

that seems a little backwards. an active sister can ask an alum to write a rec for a PNM so when it comes to selection time (at the end of each round), chapter members can say, "well, this PNM does have a rec..."

actually, it seems like a recommendation once removed. as in, that active sister cannot write the rec because she's rushing for her chapter, so she gets an alum to do it. and it also seems like a loophole in pushing for one PNM over another.

in any case, i feel like inthe case where this happens, the rec would hold less weight because of its spur-of-the-moment nature, and moreso, because the PNM doesnt know anything about it.

ETA: in reading these recruitment stories as an NPHC member, im just trying to understand how NPC works, so please let's not make this an NPC vs. NPHC debate. that'stotally not my intention.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by tld221

that seems a little backwards. an active sister can ask an alum to write a rec for a PNM so when it comes to selection time (at the end of each round), chapter members can say, "well, this PNM does have a rec..."

actually, it seems like a recommendation once removed. as in, that active sister cannot write the rec because she's rushing for her chapter, so she gets an alum to do it. and it also seems like a loophole in pushing for one PNM over another.

in any case, i feel like inthe case where this happens, the rec would hold less weight because of its spur-of-the-moment nature, and moreso, because the PNM doesnt know anything about it.

ETA: in reading these recruitment stories as an NPHC member, im just trying to understand how NPC works, so please let's not make this an NPC vs. NPHC debate. that'stotally not my intention.

Not really though - any PNM could have an active member ask for a rec for her. For example, my alumnae chapter was recently asked about girls from the area who were going through rush at a school - note that I said "girls" and not a girl - they asked about every girl who was going through.

[FuzzieAlum]

NEWS: Freshmen receive bids to Panhellenic sororities
Submitted by Allison Malone on 01-14-07, 11:27 pm | Updated on 01-14-07, 11:31 pm

Retention rate lower than in years past

Vanderbilt's 10 Panhellenic sororities offered invitations to 434 women Sunday at the annual Bid Day event in the Student Recreation Center. ...

Rest here: http://www.insidevandy.com/drupal/node/2411

(It was so cute today - all the new members are wearing their bid day shirts and I can't tell you how many conversations I overheard about buying white dresses.)

[BadCat25]

Almost 64 - I hope everything worked out for you. Let us know how it went.

I've got my fingers crossed for you.

[ZetaPhi708]

Any updates?