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Originally Posted by Blondie93
The thing to remember is that just because a school is smaller than the state's flagship school(s) or has (gasp!) campus owned housing, does not mean that the value of a rec is decreased.
I went to a small private school in Texas. Everyone will tell you about UTexas rush and that it is competitive. Even on these boards that is the school that everyone will reference (and with good reason) with regards to obtaining recs.
However, piddly ol' TCU, with its 5000 undergrads when i was there, had a "Recs are Mandatory" mentality. I do not know of a single woman who received a bid to a chapter that she did not have a rec to.
I know nothing of the system at UCF, but just want to caution anyone who assumes that just because a campus isn't "The Big School" that things are more relaxed with regards to recs. Not necessarily so.
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I understand what you are saying, but the size of the school has nothing to do with this situation. I don't have hard numbers for you, but here in Florida the two biggest schools in terms of enrollment are UF and UCF (about 50k for these). FSU has a slightly lower enrollment (in the 40,000's I believe.)
Also, I believe the Florida legislature has designated UCF as one of the state's 3 flagships.
However, what you are saying may apply in the sense that UCF is new, compared to the other two. UF and FSU have been around since before 1900 and UCF was established in 1963. So, I guess, to reiterate what you said, don't assume recs are not important because of this statistic.
However, I really wasn't assuming anything in my post above. I was asking because I really didn't know the answer and was obviously under a very false impression.
Did Ocalagirl every post anything ever again? Or did she just fade away?
Just curious
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