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I won't comment any further on the LOCs because I feel that has been covered but will discuss the scheduling conflict with orientation. IMO, I feel this is a recruitment death sentence. Your daughter is already OOS, making the process a bit more difficult. Orientations earlier in the summer are great opportunities to meet active sorority women and provide an opportunity for your daughter to make connections prior to the sororities beginning their own "work weeks". Of course that is not the most important issue of this conflicting orientation. The biggest issue is her not being able to attend the parties. Yes, an absence for them is "excused". Let me clarify what the means on the streets. It's means she can continue though the process and be given the opportunity for a bid if she maximizes her options. BUT, she will have few if any options because the specific houses who do not get an opportunity to meet her have NO reason to use a crucial spot on their round 2 invite list for a person that was a no-show, excused or not.
You were not clear why she had to attend that last session. If it's because the other sessions are "full" it's time to stop taking "no" for an answer. Have her call and push for an earlier session. She could send an email too, but squeaky wheels will get the oil so polite but firm requests should yield the results she wants. If it's a cost prohibitive issue (less expensive to just fly out one time for the summer, etc and I am not saying this is the case, I just know some people feel this way) then a hard long look needs to be taken at the financials, posted and "hidden" of the cost of sorority life at UT. Hope this has helped.
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