How to Stand Out

[dfriedm1]

First, I just want to say thank you to everyone for all of your advice.

In response to the last post, my parents and I decided that though I will be coming in as a junior, I am going to stretch out my college career and spend either 3 or 4 years in college. Honestly, I am ready to be a regular student.

What would be a good way to get intouch with the head of the Panhellenic meetings?

[AGDLynn]

http://www.atlantapanhellenic.org/who.htm

Link to the Atlanta Panhellenic recommendation contacts.

[jwright25]

Originally Posted by dfriedm1

In response to the last post, my parents and I decided that though I will be coming in as a junior, I am going to stretch out my college career and spend either 3 or 4 years in college. Honestly, I am ready to be a regular student.

That may be the case, but your application will list your number of credit hours earned. And don't lie about it. Panhellenic will be checking your grades, and they will report to the sororities how many hours you have and the GPA you've earned for those grades.

I'm not saying it will be impossible, but it will be tough. When you get your recommendations in line, be sure to stress to the alumnae writing them that you will be spending four years as an undergraduate even though you are transferring in with several credit hours. They should stress your age and that you will be the same age as traditional freshment.

[NUBlue&Blue]

When you do your resume, you may want to put your expected date of graduation on there somewhere. I recently assisted a friend's daughter for informal recruitment at UGA--she is a second semester sophomore, but has a double major with an expected graduation date of 2011 instead of 2010, which put her in line with the freshmen who were also going through informal recruitment.

If there's anyplace to highlight that on your application, I would do so. Although I know that my daughter went to college with nearly a full year of credits from her IB classes in HS and it only makes a difference at her school on who you vote for as your class rep during SGA elections. She is still considered a second year student even though she has enough credits to be a second semester junior.

Edited to add: The Atlanta Panhellenic Recruitment Roundtable is in March with the date TBA.