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so how important are rec letters, especially if they're from a friend of a friend type situation? Because I don't know anyone from pi phi, chi O, or G phi personally! Is it still worth it?

Posted By: Pam
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A rec may be the difference between getting invited back the second round, but beyond that...a letter from a friend of a friend isn't going to be the difference between getting a bid or not. It definitely couldn't hurt, but there are plenty of girls who are perfectly happy with where they end up who didn't have recs at all. I say get the ones you can and don't go to the end of the earth to find an alum you hardly know. You will end up where you belong!!

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try looking at alumn chapters on facebook in your area! A lot will be happy to help you! It couldn't hurt and I know for a fact that you have to have a rec to get past the first day of cuts in pi phi and chi o!

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ummmm I got into pi phi with not having a rec and not knowing a soul at MU.

By: Lol
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well you are either lying or a HUGE exception!! 99% of the pledge class had rec lettersq

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I had a rec letter from my mom who was a Chi O at a different university, and four rec letters from my aunts who were ALL Mizzou Chi O alums and I didn't get asked back after the first round.
I had five for DG, four for Theta, three for Pi Phi, two for GPhi and one each for: AXO, Kappa, ADPi and DDD. I didn't get asked back to those, either. I (obviously) didn't have recs for SSS, KD, A Phi, Zeta, Phi Mu or SK. I made it into one of the houses that I didn't have a rec letter for (and BTW based off this site didn't get letters for because I thought they were undesirable). I cried really, really hard on bid day because mine wasn't a "Top House". Guess what? It all turned out great-- I LOVE my house, my sisters and wouldn't trade this experience for the world. I was a fool about this site, and my best advice: get letters, but don't sweat it.

By: False
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No, I WAS NOT asked back to Chi O, and I'll thank you to NOT call me a liar. So either you girls messed up or YOU'RE lying, because I WASN'T asked back. My aunts were devastated, my mom not so much, (she went to ASU and was more bummed about my decision to enroll at Mizzou) but still.

I consoled her (when I was on the other side of recruitment and found out how it really works) by telling her I only had a HS GPA of 3.13 and an 18 ACT (was admitted to MU on probation) so that was most likely the reason.

My house has grade exceptions.

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by: TuSad   

So you're criticizing houses for not asking you back even though you had recs when the reality is that your grades were the problem. I get it. You deliberately mislead us. In Journalism School we call that "burying the lede." I don't know about ChiO, but we only consider women who are students in good standing, not those who are accepted on a probationary basis. An 18 ACT? Wow.

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by: well....   

Good luck to you. You'll need it.

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I had no rec letters and no one in my family had ever been greek and I still got a bid to a "top house". They are still a good idea if you can get them though

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