Recommendation letter - I have no one to give me one.

[gee_ess]

Do not contact the houses.

Definitely contact NPC.org. (Haven't we said this more than once?) Just because they are not in your town, they ARE in your state. Call them or email them, tell them what town you are in and have them help you get in touch with alumnae in your area.

Oftentimes, panhellenic alum orgs are located in big cities and not small towns. They will help you find someone in your area.

Plus, your recs don't have to come from your town. Anyone that you know, anywhere, can write your rec and send it in. My daughter had recs from several different towns because we live in a small town and the pickings were slim.

[Aerylle]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I would only do that as a last resort.

You don't have a rec from someone in your particular school. Since you're in school now, I would try people's grandmothers. Going Greek wasn't huge in the 1960's-70's in many schools, so you need to go back to people who were in school earlier than that. Very few people outside of communes know nobody who's greek, it's just a matter of flushing them out.

Look in the local small papers for alumnae group meetings. Use the contact number to ask a real live sorority alumna if she could help you with a rec. If there's a mention of the XYZ Alumnae Association holding a fundraiser and a name is mentioned, try calling her.

If you attend a house of worship (or if your parents do), ask them to put in a mention that you're going to Whatever University, where you would like to go through Recruitment - would anyone be interested in helping you find some recommendations.

If you're shopping with someone, and there are other women about, talk to them a little louder than usual, that you're having trouble finding recs.

Honestly, alumnae WANT to help you. They know you need recs. You just have to get into situations where you find alumnae.

Thank you for the helpful advice. I think I'll look at our paper's website and go back a few weeks to see if anything pops up from anyone local.

[Aerylle]

Originally Posted by gee_ess

Do not contact the houses.

Definitely contact NPC.org. (Haven't we said this more than once?) Just because they are not in your town, they ARE in your state. Call them or email them, tell them what town you are in and have them help you get in touch with alumnae in your area.

Oftentimes, panhellenic alum orgs are located in big cities and not small towns. They will help you find someone in your area.

Plus, your recs don't have to come from your town. Anyone that you know, anywhere, can write your rec and send it in. My daughter had recs from several different towns because we live in a small town and the pickings were slim.

Yeah, I always thought they had to be local. Good to know that they don't though.
Thanks.