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07-10-2016, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills
May not be writing a rec after all since the girl who asked me feels it's okay not to respond with the additional information I requested.
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That works my nerve! Waiting? Ain't nobody got time for that!
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07-10-2016, 05:58 PM
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The questions she didn't send me a response to were the ones regarding her GPA. Her activities look good, but if she won't say her GPA cause it's not so hot, she's gonna have bigger problems in an SEC recruitment.
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07-30-2016, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills
The questions she didn't send me a response to were the ones regarding her GPA. Her activities look good, but if she won't say her GPA cause it's not so hot, she's gonna have bigger problems in an SEC recruitment.
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I had a PNM ask for a reference for a large SEC campus and I was initially worried and quite biased because her High School GPA was substandard. I met with her anyway, completed the form, remained positive in my writing and advised the chapter to make the best decision for them. Thought that would be the end of it. Turns out she pledged my organization and has been thriving as a chapter member for the last two years. It was a lesson that even as alumnae, what we see on the surface and on paper is not always an accurate indicator of what that young woman sitting in front of us can become.
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07-10-2016, 06:03 PM
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I'd just put n/a for GPA and let the chapter deal with it. I don't ever consider a GPA issue as a "no." I think that's a chapter specific decision and I let them deal with it. Most get the PNM's university accepted GPA anyway. So they have the official one.
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07-11-2016, 04:49 PM
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I am writing 4 rec letters; all to Bama. I'm pretty surprised by all of these Midwestern girls wanting to go down South.
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07-11-2016, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by joliebelle
I am writing 4 rec letters; all to Bama. I'm pretty surprised by all of these Midwestern girls wanting to go down South.
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It's warmer down here and rarely snows.
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07-11-2016, 06:42 PM
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It's warmer down here and rarely snows.
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Well, yes. I'm from the South and stayed in the region for college; the summers are overrated 
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07-11-2016, 07:16 PM
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Well, yes. I'm from the South and stayed in the region for college; the summers are overrated |
Not if you're from up north! I went to high school in St Louis and came back home for college, among other reasons, because I couldn't handle the weather any longer!
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07-21-2016, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by joliebelle
I am writing 4 rec letters; all to Bama. I'm pretty surprised by all of these Midwestern girls wanting to go down South.
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Because you don't have to shovel sunshine or rain! 
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07-21-2016, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by joliebelle
I am writing 4 rec letters; all to Bama. I'm pretty surprised by all of these Midwestern girls wanting to go down South.
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In this part of the Midwest I was pleased to discover a young lady down the road, whose front yard had the stylized lettersign 'A' of Bama on it during Spring 2015, this summer has a car in her driveway sporting Zeta Tau Alpha letters.
FWIW my Midwestern nephew wants to attend college (in five years) at Auburn or Clemson. His neighbor attends Mizzou.
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07-21-2016, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by joliebelle
I am writing 4 rec letters; all to Bama. I'm pretty surprised by all of these Midwestern girls wanting to go down South.
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They have phenomenal scholarships for out of state students. That's why all the young women I know going to Bama are going there. Full tuition, full room and board, and for engineering, they even give a stipend.
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07-30-2016, 09:54 AM
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Add one more to the Queen City Crew! Am working on another Tennessee girl this week! This has been a marathon July - I'm a recommendation letter machine and loving every minute of it!!!!!!!
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08-02-2016, 08:33 PM
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Finding recs?
Hi everyone. I haven't had occasion to post before but have lurked for a while enjoying the recruitment stories in particular :-) My daughter is planning to rush at a small Southern college this fall and there is a chapter there from which we do not know anyone who can write her a recommendation. Would it be acceptable to cold contact our local Alumnae Panhellenic to see if she could meet with a potential reference or would that be a faux pas?
I don't think rush is particularly competitive at her school, but her GPA is .02 below the minimum due to some issues she had with sports related concussions during her Sophomore year so an explanation might help what otherwise may be viewed as a grade risk.
Thanks for the advice!
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07-20-2016, 04:38 PM
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My girl finally got back to me with all the required information so her recommendation has been officially submitted for University of South Carolina!
ETA: LOLOLOLOL I just saw the first page list of rec crews, love it!
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07-21-2016, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills
My girl finally got back to me with all the required information so her recommendation has been officially submitted for University of South Carolina!
ETA: LOLOLOLOL I just saw the first page list of rec crews, love it!
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So excited about the USC colonization. Bummed that the UCLA one is being delayed. That's correct, right?
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