Alabama Recruitment

[BadCat25]

On the question of recs. The result is to exclude PNMs who are first in family college students, particularly if they are from a blue-collar background and live in the wrong part of town, whether that is the intention or not. My SEC school has 17 sororities and if you don’t have a rec it is an automatic first round cut. If you are a legacy it is fairly easy to get a rec for every chapter. Everybody writes one for everybody else. If you are first in family it can be a big problem. My HS best friend had to scramble to get recs even though she had top HS grades, sports, activities and ACTs. Some alums, particularly in the top tier chapters, told her they wouldn’t write her one because they didn’t know her personally and rebuffed her when she said would send them a resume and meet with them. Some asked intrusive questions about her family background and the job her father had only to make excuses why they wouldn’t write her one. She eventually did get one for every chapter but only after considerable effort on her part.

[jamalter]

My daughter just pledged at Alabama. First generation pledge, in fact we knew nothing about the whole process. She started getting recs late, but had no problem with that at all. It's amazing how I knew someone who knew someone who was happy to write a rec for someone they had never met. LOL - what's the point - seriously? Because my daughter went in with no expectations, (and also recs from only about 6 houses), she actually had a very easy time of the process (compared to some who I hear are ready to leave the school because they didn't get the sorority of their choice - get real!!!!). She is very happy where she ended up, and I'm pleased for her, but this process was intense!!!!!!

[GPhiBLtColonel]

Originally Posted by BadCat25

On the question of recs. The result is to exclude PNMs who are first in family college students, particularly if they are from a blue-collar background and live in the wrong part of town, whether that is the intention or not. My SEC school has 17 sororities and if you don’t have a rec it is an automatic first round cut. If you are a legacy it is fairly easy to get a rec for every chapter. Everybody writes one for everybody else. If you are first in family it can be a big problem. My HS best friend had to scramble to get recs even though she had top HS grades, sports, activities and ACTs. Some alums, particularly in the top tier chapters, told her they wouldn’t write her one because they didn’t know her personally and rebuffed her when she said would send them a resume and meet with them. Some asked intrusive questions about her family background and the job her father had only to make excuses why they wouldn’t write her one. She eventually did get one for every chapter but only after considerable effort on her part.

Not sure where you live but it's not that way with our alum panhel. Heck we have even been known to help get recs for non-local girls who find our website and mail us all their "stuff" per our requirements and if we get it by our deadline, we handle their rec requests just like everyone else who is local, and these recs are even written by alums from "top-tier chapters" (all of us, that is!)