University of Alabama Fall 2014 NPC Sorority Recruitment

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by ComradesTrue

(**as stated above- this should NEVER be an assumption by PNMs that the chapter, alumnae, or alumnae panhellenics will go to these lengths. PNMs should always secure a personal rec to each and every chapter.)

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What concerns me a little about the "rec you don't know about" talk is that -- along with the usual PH statement that recs are the responsibility of the chapter -- PNMs will be less concerned with securing recs prior to recruitment. In the culture of recruitments like that at Bama, securing recs in advance of rush is essential.

Just considering the logistics alone of a recruitment this size, it is very unlikely that chapters will spend hours on the phone securing recs for a hundred cute, qualified, but rec-less girls they met for 20 minutes during Ice Water Teas when there are already well over a thousand cute and qualified girls to sort through who do have recs on file. Perhaps chapters securing recs in this manner is more common in far smaller recruitments, but in a recruitment this size, there just isn't time.

I don't know how many recs are solicited by the various chapters prior to recruitment based on a PNM's registration information, but again, considering the numbers, this is probably also limited by time and manpower. Even when a PNM looks special on paper (registration), so do 2000 other PNMs.

Secure recs for recruitments like this in advance! Regardless of Panhellenic's party line or the (unlikely) outside chance that a rec exists you don't know about.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

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What concerns me a little about the "rec you don't know about" talk is that -- along with the usual PH statement that recs are the responsibility of the chapter -- PNMs will be less concerned with securing recs prior to recruitment. In the culture of recruitments like that at Bama, securing recs in advance of rush is essential.

Secure recs for recruitments like this in advance! Regardless of Panhellenic's party line or the (unlikely) outside chance that a rec exists you don't know about.

I think the point is that we don't want PNM's to think "oh, I love XYZ and want to rank them first, but I don't have a rec, so I shouldn't even bother." The advice should be "get recs, but once rush starts, forget all about them" or something of that ilk.