Sorority info

Southlander
Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:23:03 +0000

You’re in Nashville? Recs will NOT be a problem for ya’ll.
Start asking your friends now if they are in a sorority - co-workers, neighbors, church friends. Ask everybody - even men, because their wives/sisters/mothers/daughters/aunts/in-laws may be in a sorority. You will know more than you think!
Keep a list of names and sororities. Don’t trust your memory! Alabama has 17 NPC sororities and it’s impossible to keep track.
After Christmas, daughter needs to start building her resume and packet. The resume should include parents’ names, colleges and their Greek groups, if any. Activities, honors, hobbies, part-time jobs, church activities, youth groups, - anything she has done from 9th grade up. Also grades, class ranking, ACT/SAT scores are helpful.
To her resume, she will make up packets with a picture or two, and her transcript (after graduation). Have a bunch of these packets ready to hand to anyone who offers to write her a recommendation.
In the meantime, you and she can be reading this board, AND another board, greekchat. Just read for a while. There are dozens of threads that explain how it works and what to do. Sororitygirl101 is a blog by one of our CC members, ahphimommy, that is extremely helpful and directly addresses Alabama’s recruitment ins and outs.
And don’t do a lot of this for her - SHE needs to do it as part of her preparation for college.
Nashville does have an alumnae panhellenic, but I’m not sure if they offered any help to PNMs this year - sometimes these groups fall into disuse.
Best of luck to your daughter and you!