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Originally Posted by uga
Good morning; my daugther will be going off to UGA in the fall. She wants very much to join a sorority. She has 4 she really likes in case she does not get in to her first choice. She has attended the AOII run for the roses for the last couple years; she even stayed in the house last year and fell in love with AOII. All the high Schools in GA have huge 09 classes so we are estimating this freshman class at UGA will be quite large. What advice do you all have for her and how is the best way to get the recs - she has stated she needs at least 2. What should we expect from sorority life for her; we have the cost as stated on the panhellenic site but I am betting like cheerleading there are alot of other costs.
The Atlanta Panhellenic Alumnae will be hosting an event this saturday as an information session but unfortunately my daughter is committed to an event for her high school sorority where she will be reliquinishing her leadership position to juniors.
Thank you
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I think that it is great that your daughter has been able to see a portion of Greek Life at UGA up close, and no doubt that has caused her to fall in love with that one group. Once she is able to see all of the groups she will be able to see that all chapters at UGA have a great sisterhood, activities, opportunities to live in the house and amazing friendships, just like the one that she has previously visited.
All that to say, I strongly caution your daughter to go into a recruitment like UGAs with a chapter "that she loves" even if there are a few others that "she really likes." When over 1000 PNMs are going through the same recruitment for 17 (I think?) houses, there will have to be deep cuts from each one of them. Most of the girls who drop out of recruitment do so because they had their heart set on only a few houses, and often those houses are unable to invite back everyone that wants them. With emotions running high, this is when many PNMs drop out.
Instead your daughter should consider all of the houses, and go into recruitment with a very open mind. Again, all of the houses can offer her an amazing college experience, and perhaps one is even a better fit for her than the one that she has been able to spend time with.
As for recs, I would have her contact the Atlanta Panhellenic groups and just let them know that she can't make it this weekend and what does she need to do to register. Yes, recs are a must for UGA. She can also ask teachers, ladies at the church, neighbors, friends' mothers, etc. In a city like Atlanta it is not hard to secure a rec for each house, and having her do the legwork is the first step to demonstrating the responsibility and readiness for being in a chapter.
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