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Originally Posted by CluelessIllini
I tried to get some letters from my close high school teachers who went to U of I, practically all of them did, but not all went greek. They thought I was better off going without letters so that I could choose the sorority right for me and with sisters who like me for who I am rather than having the letters help me out.
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Were the non-greek teachers the ones who were telling you to go without recs? Because I can't imagine that a sorority woman would give this advice for a competitive recruitment (which it sounds like Illinois has, with 1200 PNMs!).
As a teacher, I love writing recs for my students. It makes me happy to introduce them to my sisters, and I get excited anytime a great former student is a potential new member and I can help her out with a rec. That's me, though; I can't speak for other teachers.
It just really surprises me that a GROUP of Greek women would all agree that they should not write you recs when you are going through recruitment at a really big school with so many PNMs.
I don't know much about Illinois recruitment, other than what I've read on GC, but based on that knowledge my advice would be: Ask them again for the recs, if you know how to get in touch with them over the summer. If they are teachers who are close to you and you tell them it is important, I would hope they would take the time out to help you have as smooth a recruitment process as possible.
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