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Originally Posted by 33girl
Semi hypothetical, semi I do kind of think that. You have to understand that I'm coming from a sorority experience that's 180 degrees from Auburn or Bama. I never had to sit in MS meetings till 4 AM trying to figure out why to keep that one and why to cut that one.
I think it's more the "information only" recs that I think are pointless. If you don't know the girl from Eve, why would you tell your sisters to take a second look at her?
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I agree that the best recs are from people who know the girls well. But in cases where the girls doesn't know anyone in the group, I think writing second-hand recs based on information from someone you know personally who knows the girls personally is okay as long as you are honest on the RIF.
And an info. only rec that verified the information on the PNM is a little better than just getting the rush application, I think. But you are right that if you don't know the person at all, don't know anyone who knows her, and aren't checking out the information, you're not really doing much to benefit the chapter.
I think what people should keep in mind about recs and the SEC is that going to a system that downplayed them would probably actually be worse for the unknown or out-of-state girls. At least now there's a chance that a member from the girl's hometown can get the chapter to take a look at her. Without recs, it would be closer to exclusively based on who the girls in the chapter already knew personally before recruitment, and that would leave even more PNMs out in the cold (or heat if we consider the actual recruitment environment).
There's really no way to back off the who you already know aspect, I don't think. I don't get the impression that Ole Miss or Vandy are really any better deferred.
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