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I understand completely why the panhellenic council at the school and all of the chapters stress that recs are totally optional. But I think that the girls to whom they are doing the biggest disservice are the ones who don’t have any familiarity with greek life and with this kind of competitive recruitment. I would bet that the majority of the in-state girls came into recruitment with all of their recs done.
What if they said something like ‘recommendations are not necessary, but can be an excellent way to introduce yourself to each chapter.’ They could follow up with suggestions for how to seek them out. (Teachers, family friends, local alumnae panhellenics.) It would not have been too difficult if we had done it in a more timely fashion, and if we had felt more of a sense of urgency. The mixed messages about their worth made us hesitant to push too hard.
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