More Texas Recruitement Info

[radioZTA]

co-sign what Blondie & srmom said. Very good advice. I'm an alumnae chapter pres in Texas and my small chapter has members in 3 separate alumnae panhellenic groups. We deal with a bunch of high schools and there are always new girls who have just moved. Our panhellenics want all of the girls to feel comfortable, have a good Recruitment/Rush and find their home.

A friend of mine who is an admissions recruiter calls the high schools in my suburb "ranker tankers". Someone can make straight A's their entire academic career and still not make top 10% in their class. My son would love to go to UT someday but he is a B student so even though he is only in 8th grade, we've told him to start looking elsewhere.

Rumor has it that THE University of Texas in Austin was originally called Texas University hence the "TU". It is supposed to be an insult when Aggies call it "TU" but I figure they either didn't get the memo or are just really slow to change.

[bejazd]

Thank you, ladies, I can see this may be an uphill battle but hopefully not impossible. I feel for her because I can imagine that it's tough for the new kid (and a HS senior) to approach people you've just met or hardly know and ask questions that might seem sorta pushy or nosy in order to get a personal reference....she'll just have to get out her comfort zone and do it if this is important to her! All part of the learning process I suppose.