Well, I don't think I'm divulging any secrets by saying the the student government at MOST of the SEC schools are referrred to as "The Machine."
The county where my girls grew up in Alabama had an equally effective Panhellenic alum group that continues to operate as a machine. I never got involved in that, but I paid my alum dues to my local KKG group, attended a few teas ... took my two little darlings to some of them to be introduced, etc., etc., etc.
In other words, I spent 20+ years laying the groundwork for them to rush at whatever school they chose to attend.
What the county Panhellenic where I lived did was to invite all senior girls to a sorority recruitment meeting in late April. And I mean, ALL senior girls. The meeting was posted at the local high school. We had "the box" ... literally a file box where the local girls were instructed to drop off however many copies of their resume, transcripts, and photo as there were sororities at the school they they planned to attend. The different alum groups would visit "the box" by late June and pick up a vitae for each girl in the county. They would then have their summer luncheons and decide on which girls each would recommend. Of course, that got personal, but overall the process was very organized. No girl was left out unless she or her mama had her head stuck in the sand.
I'm teaching at Ole Miss now, but I think they are similarly organized as to rush.
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Originally Posted by BlueCarnation
Hey, I'm a Yankee, so what do I know, right?  I know that there are girls coming here from my town that still don't know if they are going to rush and it is less than 3 weeks away. I don't even think our recruitment website even mentions needing recommendations, other than to give the address to each sorority house! And we're a huge state school! It's just totally different. This is so fascinating to me. |
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