Having rec letters can hurt your chances

[LAblondeGPhi]

I call BS.

Bottom line: if you have recs and were cut early, that pretty much means you were DEFINITELY GOING TO GET CUT as some point no matter what.

I can't speculate about other GLOs' policies, but maybe some organizations have really special procedures with how to handle girls with recs who make it to a certain point, and the chapter women want to make sure the PNM never even gets to that point. Maybe some chapters have to make a personal phone call to the alumna who wrote the rec if Suzy Rec PNM makes it to Pref but then doesn't get a bid. By cutting her early, it saves a lot of awkwardness. Who knows. It's all secret. It should all stay secret.