I'll be rushing this fall and I'm a legacy for AOII!! My mom was one at the same school I'm rushing at so she's obviously excited, BUT she's not putting any pressure on me at all to join her sorority. She'd be thrilled if I did, but more importantly she just wants me to be where I feel the most comfortable. The only downside to it is that I'm sick of hearing "Oh you don't have anything to worry about because you're a legacy" I would hate for people to think the only reason I joined a sorority was because "sororities have to let legacies in" which from reading these boards I know isn't always the case! I'm really excited about though, with 14 (I think there are 15 NPC sororities at UA, correct if I'm wrong anyone) other sororities to choose from it should be interesting!



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RollTideSoon-
YAY!! I love AOTT legacies!! But its a very smart thing to keep an open mind and I think you are doing just that. And you are correct, you are not a shoo-in for being a legacy--but just be yourself and have that smiling face and every organization will be after you! Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions about AOTT--I miss being a collegiate!

As you guys know, I have 1 AOPi active daughter and 8 daughters not yet in college. Two rush next fall, oh boy. Anyway, I'd like to know if active chapters nowadays tend to cut legacies to other sororities early on or fight to get them away from the legacy sorority!

Oh my goodness Carnation. You have nine daughters?
I'm not a legacy, but there was a girl in my house who was. She was miserable bc she wanted to be a sigma kappa. Anyway she had a tough year and ended up becoming an alumnae since she left our school after the spring. SO I think it is alright to not join a house that you are a legacy too because everyone deserves to be happy. SK dropped her so that was the problem for her.

No, I didn't already send them a pic with the form. The form was really short, and basically it only asked name, address, and phone # or something like that. At MTSU they have Alpha Chi Opmega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron, Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta, and Zeta Tau Alpha.
I already have a rec. for ZTA w/pic, and my cousin's sending one for DZ. I don't know about the others, some people were supposed to send recs. for me and they never updated me on whether they did or not. Oh, well.
Oh yeah, I forgot that my uncle was in a fraternity, too, but I didn't ask him which one yet. My whole dang family is Greek and I didn't even know it! LOL! There might be more cousins who are, I'll have to ask around. I guess the more, the better it looks.
Any ladies who are rushing this fall (as I am), feel free to email me & we can discuss our experiences! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

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That's something I've been curious about! Could being a legacy actually be a disadvantage, like do other sororities tend to take the "Oh she'll probably just go with XYZ since she's a legacy, let's cut her" attitude?

I don't really know how much it can hurt a person's chances of getting another sorority if she's a legacy of one. But from my experience (and I've only been on this side of rush once), it didn't really matter. We had one legacy who EVERYBODY loved. I'm sure she could have gone anywhere she wanted. She was really an awesome girl, and just cuz she was our legacy didn't stop other sororities from "fighting for her." She ended up going ADPi. I'd rather see a girl go where she's really happy than just join XYZ just because she's a legacy, if that's not what she really wanted.

Even though some members may think that way, most chapters as a whole (at least at my school) get kind pumped when think they have a chance at gettting someone else's legacy...especially when it's a rival sorority, because then it's like "alright, we stole XYZ's legacy, rock on!"

Competition between the sororities at my school during rush is cutthroat. We are out for blood! So when we see that a girl is a legacy to another house, it just brings out our competitve spirit. It's like, "We are sooooo stealing this girl from XYZ!" (especially if it's one of our big rivals)

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Recruitment on my campus (Bethany College) is definitely an open field! Every year we have legacies to all four sororities come through, and it's a guessing game to where they end up. Sometimes they end up to where they are a legacy...but often not.

Just a little word of adviceto high school seniors looking to rush: I have seen lots of you girls posting on this site who are legacies. (Yeah! This is a great thing!) Please remember that even though you are a legacy, there are ways that the sorority can drop you!
One of the most disappointing stories that has gotten handed down to me by older sisters was of the "Nightmare Legacy." She walked in the front door of our home, threw her coat at someone, sat on the couch, put her feet up, and said "Someone needs to get me something to eat." One of her fellow rushees quietly reminded her of her manners and the "Nightmare Legacy" replied, "Oh, it doesn't matter. They have to bid me. I'm a legacy!" Luckily, she dropped us before we had to go through the long proceedure to drop her! While it broke our hearts at the time, it's kind of funny now.

If you end up going to a house where you are not a legacy & want to join, let them know that you are interested in them! Ask them the same question that you did on here! I'm sure they will be flattered to know that you want them! Besides, now you will be starting your own legacy!

We had something similar happen at our chapter. Unfortunately, after the first round, the Nightmare Legacy cleaned up her act long enough to get a bid. Shortly after she was ribboned, her true personality reappeared and I am hard pressed to think of even one person who liked her. Ugh!



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