Does a legacy need a letter of recommendation?

[DaffyKD]

I sent in a legacy form and my best friend (my daughter's godmother) sent in a recommendation form when my daughter started at a school with a KD chapter. She had told me she had no plans to go through recruitment, but I wanted everything in place in case she changed her mind when she found out friends would be going through. I figured it would only help to have it on file and could not hurt.

When I was at convention the following summer I met several young ladies from her school. I mentioned my daughter attending that school and one of the young ladies asked if I had sent in a rec form for her. When I told her, "yes," she informed me they had no idea what to do with the form as they had never seen one.

Daughter never went through recruitment. She did get involved on campus.

DaffyKD

[33girl]

The problem is not only are her grades bad, it's an exceptionally bad family situation which I am sure neither she nor you want to put out there. If he's been in rehab I'm sure that there are money issues too.

She needs to get things together before rushing, because even if she would somehow get a bid, her sisters are not equipped to be therapists. Better that you were honest with her than for her to go through rush and have rejection heaped on her other problems.