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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are girls posting on our community Facebook page looking for recommendation letters to pledge their down south sororities. WTH?[/quote]

It’s a whole new world of sorority recruitment now. You need a recommendation letter to as many houses as possible or you’ll be dropped right away. [/quote]

But how is this new?? Recommendation letters from alumnae have always been a requirement for many groups in large SEC schools. It's not new. It's just not necessarily a common practice at ALL schools. (BTW, those who criticize that there would be such a requirement would be the first to scream "how did you not KNOW that the girl was a racist a$$hole?!" if an unvetted new member of sorority turns out to be so....so a letter from an alumna who has her sorority's best interest at heart can say "Hey...this young woman is hard working, smart, and kind with a heart for service. Her resume speaks for itself but I also know the family personally and would be proud to recommend her." Since women are invited to join a sorority after only one week of parties--and by one week I mean a grand total of about and 2.5 hours mingling with its current members--these letters of recommendation can be a very helpful introduction of the woman to the sorority members. And a young woman who has a recommendation letter typically will be invited to at least one round of parties as a courtesy. When there are 3,000 women going through rush, a personal reference is key. This is not unlike having a reference from a friend you know who works at a company you want to work for. Your resume is your own, and you own what happens at the interview. But having a friend "vouch" to your boss that you're a stand-up candidate can get your foot in the door and open that opportunity so that you aren't just one more resume on the pile of 3,000.[/quote]

It’s new if the parents didn’t go to a big Greek college. Even if you were Greek yourself, the SEC schools are on another level, and more college women are wanting to join sororities now so the recommendation letters are a big deal. But when I was in college you could go through formal recruitment and probably get a bid even if you decided to do it at the last minute (like I did!) [/quote]

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