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Thanks everyone for your thoughts on this. The school this girl will be attending is UGA -- I know I don't need to say another word about what she'll be up against during recruitment! She was recently accepted through early action. (They were notified early December.) The whole conversation at this party actually got started when we were discussing the UGA acceptances at our children's high schools. Several got in; a lot more got deferred and at least one was flat out denied.
The mom certainly gets how competitive it is to get accepted at this school, and even seems to understand that recruitment can be a blood bath -- she just thinks DD is in some safe little bubble with four sororities because of her connections. DD has apparently met a lot of girls in one of the sororities and "they all just love her" according to mom.
You know, I don't think we did offer to write recs. It's always been a given around here that a lot of us give recs -- we get contacted every year. Since this is mom's first chick to leave the nest, maybe she does not realize that...so we can let DD know that we're available and stress to her how necessary they are. Thanks -- that is a great suggestion.
There is no question about what's going to happen to this girl if she attempts UGA recruitment without recs. I suspect, too, that mom is assuring her she has nothing to worry about with four of the sororities. She told us that all four are among the best at UGA -- we told her that the best sorority for anyone at UGA is the one that most fits them, period. Again, that nod and polite smile!
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