Help with sorority recruitment

[CookiesNCream]

I wouldn't worry too much about recs. they're nice to have, but at a lot of chapters they don't mean much besides an invite to 14 party. I didn't have any and I still had an almost-full 14 party (13/14 houses). Also, I know many girls who didn't have them either but still had successful recruitments.

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by CookiesNCream

I wouldn't worry too much about recs. they're nice to have, but at a lot of chapters they don't mean much besides an invite to 14 party. I didn't have any and I still had an almost-full 14 party (13/14 houses). Also, I know many girls who didn't have them either but still had successful recruitments.

I would caution you to still obtain recs for all chapters at IU. As the prior poster shared, sure, you can have a successful recruitment at IU without recs. I would hazard that she may be the exception and not the rule, as there are always hundreds more PNMs participating then bids available. Why knock yourself out of the running by not obtaining recs?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

I would caution you to still obtain recs for all chapters at IU. As the prior poster shared, sure, you can have a successful recruitment at IU without recs. I would hazard that she may be the exception and not the rule, as there are always hundreds more PNMs participating then bids available. Why knock yourself out of the running by not obtaining recs?

And, as we've pointed out here before, if the poster above is from an area with a ton of alumnae, it's possible that recs were obtained for her without her knowledge.

[CookiesNCream]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

I would caution you to still obtain recs for all chapters at IU. As the prior poster shared, sure, you can have a successful recruitment at IU without recs. I would hazard that she may be the exception and not the rule, as there are always hundreds more PNMs participating then bids available. Why knock yourself out of the running by not obtaining recs?

Sorry about my last post. The other posters are right; by all means do go on ahead and get as many recs as you can because in the long run they can only help, not hurt you. But I guess what I meant to say is don't be discouraged if you can't get one for every chapter because it's still possible to have a good recruitment experience without them.