Rec question

[KSUViolet06]

I posted this in another thread about recs and I thought it might be helpful if I posted it again here:

I understand that getting recommendations can be difficult, especially if you don't live in an area with lots of greek women or you don't have many greeks in your family.

It just takes persistence. You have to exhaust all of your available resources & contacts. Think of EVERY place you go regularly where there are women who know you well. Any of them could be a sorority alumna.Some of these places include:

*school (teachers, counselors, coaches)
*church or other place of worship (sorority women might attend your church service or lead your bible study, sing in the choir, etc.)
*camps you attend(ed) (your camp counselors might be sorority women)
*work (co-workers or their family members might be greek)
*your parents (their co-workers or friends)
*your local Alumnae Panhellenic (if you are in an area with an active one, and are planning to attend a larger SEC school, many of them have alumnae who regularly write recs. This requires you to register with them and in some cases, attend their info session. These are not everywhere, but I know that some of the larger Southern APHs do this regularly.)

note: don't forget dad's friends too. They might be married to sorority alumnae. Again, you never know until you ask!

More advice: Some of the more competitive schools ask for 2 to 3 recs per chapter. This may be true of the SEC school you're attending.

And something else: For the more competitive fall recruitments (i.e. if you end up attending the SEC school and it is one with fall recruitment), do not wait! There are SEC schools at which recs are due to chapters by June!