advice for an oos at an SEC school

[iamamom]

Back to post an update. She made the final decision for school, it just took a trip up to the ne in frigid temps for her to snap herself into reality of what she really likes - the south! She went back and forth on whether she wanted to try a sorority, unfortunately the people she knows around here have been negative about sororities. She came to the determination she would do recruitment, having no clue about rankings of houses, and see what she thinks when she gets there. Of course she is all about shopping for the clothes - lol. If she ever actually gets back to school - we have had TONS of snow days, she's going to ask everyone at school for recs. She was worried because so many of her teachers were males, but I told her most of them are also married - time to just put feelers out everywhere. When should these recs be mailed in?

Also, sounds odd, but she can't wear high heels - she had extensive foot surgery last summer. She walks fine, and wears normal, regular shoes, but high heels are really a no go for her - she has screws in her feet and is still rehabbing. Will she be looked down on if she instead wears cute flats and sandals?

She'll hunt down those recs, and she's very open to wanting all the right outfits, and that's as far as I will go with her. She's a friendly, sweet girl - she'll either fit in as she is or she won't.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by iamamom

Back to post an update. She made the final decision for school, it just took a trip up to the ne in frigid temps for her to snap herself into reality of what she really likes - the south! She went back and forth on whether she wanted to try a sorority, unfortunately the people she knows around here have been negative about sororities. She came to the determination she would do recruitment, having no clue about rankings of houses, and see what she thinks when she gets there. Of course she is all about shopping for the clothes - lol. If she ever actually gets back to school - we have had TONS of snow days, she's going to ask everyone at school for recs. She was worried because so many of her teachers were males, but I told her most of them are also married - time to just put feelers out everywhere. When should these recs be mailed in?

Also, sounds odd, but she can't wear high heels - she had extensive foot surgery last summer. She walks fine, and wears normal, regular shoes, but high heels are really a no go for her - she has screws in her feet and is still rehabbing. Will she be looked down on if she instead wears cute flats and sandals?

She'll hunt down those recs, and she's very open to wanting all the right outfits, and that's as far as I will go with her. She's a friendly, sweet girl - she'll either fit in as she is or she won't.

Your daughter doesn't mail the recs - the alumnae who write them do. But most large recruitments like those recs sooner rather than later, so this is a perfect time to be working on them.

Don't worry about the shoes. If it would make her feel better, she can explain why she has to wear flats to the rushers. It would make her memorable. But really, you can't change that so don't worry about it. I would just consider the footwear options when selecting her wardrobe so that flats don't look odd.