That's what happened to one of my daughters. She wasn't a legacy to the sorority she pledged but she had 2 cousins who were alums of another chapter. Her big later told her that they'd considered her a courtesy legacy!

If your biological sister is an active in a sorority at ABC University, can she help her sibling if she rushes the same sorority at DEF University? I ask simply for curiousity's sake (no one else in college for some time to come).

well, her sibling is a legacy, and while actives can't always write letters of recommendation (depends on the sorority) she can usually write a letter of introduction (or somehow contact XZ chapter of QRS). It can help, but is certainly not a sure thing.

different sororities have different rules concerning collegians writing recommendations for pnms. for instance, zta allows collegians to write a recommendation, however an alumna must also sign the recommendation.

if nothing else, older sis could invite younger sis to the house, and introduce her to some of the chapter advisors who might write a rec. for younger sis. younger sis should mention on her recruitment application that older sis is a member of ___ sorority. even if that sorority has no chapter at younger sis's college, it lets the sororities that are on her campus know that she has an idea of what membership in a sorority entails and that the parents do too.

BIG-TIME GLITCHES REPORTED AT U of CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO

Whoah. Sounds like major glitches at the University of California – San Diego (UCSD). The school paper reports that the Greek Life adviser ‘fessed up to fouling up some things involving upperclass PNMs, but there are still reportedly questions about other “glitches” and whether or not problems were appropriately rectified:

http://ucsdguardian.org/viewarticle....onth=10&day=26

Excerpts from much longer article:
Two weeks after sorority recruitment, questions still linger about computer glitches, "misbids" and the resignation of Panhellenic Council President Megan Christopher that followed shortly after. . . .

The largest question involved women receiving “misbids,” or acceptances into the wrong sororities — a situation that affected 40 to 50 girls and impacted every sorority, Revelle College senior and Alpha Chi Omega member Rachel Corell said. . . .

Oops!

OUCH. Wow.

Yikes. I think that's a bit more than "computer error".

Oh, my. I can't even imagine. I can see mistakes like party invites getting mixed up or whatever, but bids????

Carnation is the count for sororities, Pi Phi, Chi O, Zeta and AOII?

That's so cool since I'm the only greek in my family.





I don't know, I feel if the school recognizes and accepts that there was a computer or human error on bid matching that they need to rectify the situation.

WOW.

I joke around about being a computer glitch bid, but man...that situation at UCSD sounds like a mess.

All that happened to me was one of the chapters who invited me back never showed up on my list of parties for the next day. I immediately told my rho chi about it because I had to accept all the invites I was given for the day.

When I was bidless at the end of the week, guess who called? The chapter that got dropped in the conputer system. I guess it all worked out in the end, huh? I just hope everything goes OK for those UCSD girls.