Alumna Here- SEC schools and online recs?

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by Rose&WhiteAlum

Are hard-copy recs the standard protocol for SEC schools? I don't want to jeopardize the girls' recruitments at these cutthroat schools because of the way I submitted their recs.

Recs and the form in which they are submitted have NOTHING to do with the school. The form used is completely dependent on the specific sorority. Some GLOs use on line submission, some still use hard copy. You use whatever your sorority prefers, not what the PNM thinks is needed!

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by thetalady

Recs and the form in which they are submitted have NOTHING to do with the school. The form used is completely dependent on the specific sorority. Some GLOs use on line submission, some still use hard copy. You use whatever your sorority prefers, not what the PNM thinks is needed!

I second this.

We just launched our online reference system this summer. This will be the way it's done for all of our chapters, moving forward. As the system rolled out after many recs will have been sent this year, there will be a mix of hard copies and online this year. As of now, though, the only way we can submit is online...there is no "form" available to print and mail.

I'm sure personal letters will still be sent, but we're calling this Gamma Phi Beta's "Reference Revolution."

This should make it easier for the chapters who are inundated with recs, but any transition brings some angst. Universities have done away with paper applications, for the most part. My prediction is every group will be online before long, but there will be confusion during this mixed-bag transition.

[Rose&WhiteAlum]

Originally Posted by thetalady

Recs and the form in which they are submitted have NOTHING to do with the school. The form used is completely dependent on the specific sorority. Some GLOs use on line submission, some still use hard copy. You use whatever your sorority prefers, not what the PNM thinks is needed!

You are absolutely right. The more I think about this, the better I feel about it. Phi Mu has an online reference form and it is soooo much more convenient for me to do it this way rather than printing out forms, photos, resumes, etc etc and trying to mail it the old-fashioned way.

A big thanks to everyone else who gave their insight to this thread, too!

[jenidallas]

I'm writing two Alabama recs and both young ladies (and there mothers) have *insisted* that it must be done by mail. I know this to not be true (as Sciencewoman noted, we have moved to all online) but the young ladies/mothers are in an absolute tizzy.

One actually attached the green postage confirmations to her pre-addressed envelopes. When I explained I wouldn't be mailing them, she asked if she needed to go find another alumna who was willing to make that effort. The other mother merely lamented how her daughter was going to make the right impression if I wouldn't be forwarding on the resume and card stock mounted photos so that the chapter could appreciate the effort put into selecting her coordinating stationery choices.

I do hope the continued push towards online recs eventually tones down the crazy folders as they seem to grow more elaborate each year. I received one this year that incorporated ribbon in addition to the half-dozen usual coordinated monogrammed pieces.