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Originally Posted by MI_made032
Recommendation letters aren't needed at my school, should I still get them?
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Do your best to get recommendation letters for every group on your campus, even if they "aren't needed." This will make your life easier and can be equivalent to a member "vouching for you."
The ways that sororities select members is secret to each organization, but I don't think that knowing someone puts the PNM at that much of an advantage. Can it be a positive thing if a member has a good impression? For sure, but it usually won't make that much of a difference for freshmen. It matters more for upperclassmen and also for anyone doing COB.
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Originally Posted by MI_made032
Also if I don't know any of the girls because I am out of state how will I get current members to vouch for me?
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You will need to make a good impression at recruitment. Like everyone else who is an out of state (OOS) freshman.
This is one of those things that you have
no control over. So I recommend that you do what you can and stop worrying about it. This means getting recs in order and also going to any pre-recruitment and the tabling events that you are able to attend. Other than that, all you can do is make your very best impression at recruitment and you will land where you are meant to be. Other OOS women will be in the same boat as you. There is not much you can do about it, and sororities understand that.
Also, as a counterpoint (playing devil's advocate here)...would you want to be part of a chapter that places significant weight on something as superficial as whether someone is OOS or instate? I hope not. If a chapter decides that they don't want you purely because you are from OOS, good luck and good riddance to them. Those women wouldn't have been the best sisters for you anyway.
