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chi-o_cat 08-12-2025 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta (Post 2514018)
“For many girls, recruitment is a “legacy” process, which means that they will be aiming to secure a bid at the same sorority that their mothers were once in.”

This quote from the People article tells you how accurate this show will be. Legacies(not any more) and “used to be in”. If mom is no longer a member, daughter is not a legacy. If mom is an alumna, she is still a member. I’m thinking “Dance Moms”.

To be fair, it could also be written that way with the audience in mind. Typically, only people who have been involved with or brought up around the Greek system think of membership as lifelong. (and even then, not even everyone who joins thinks of it that way...how many times do you hear someone say "I was a Tri-Delt" or "I was a TEKE" or whatever)

Anyway, if they wrote "the sorority their mothers are in," a vast number of readers would be very confused about why so many girls going through recruitment have mothers who are currently collegiate members of sororities.

Cheerio 08-12-2025 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chi-o_cat (Post 2514519)
To be fair, it could also be written that way with the audience in mind. Typically, only people who have been involved with or brought up around the Greek system think of membership as lifelong. (and even then, not even everyone who joins thinks of it that way...how many times do you hear someone say "I was a Tri-Delt" or "I was a TEKE" or whatever)

Anyway, if they wrote "the sorority their mothers are in," a vast number of readers would be very confused about why so many girls going through recruitment have mothers who are currently collegiate members of sororities.

It is SO important to use the phrase, "I AM a Phi Sigma Sigma" or "I AM a Sigma Chi" if you are conversing with a non- greek who is interested in our membership process. Be Proud you are a current and active greek member/alum!

carnation 08-12-2025 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cookiez17 (Post 2514518)
Aurburn girl ended up in DZ!

Was her mother a butt about her bid?

Cookiez17 08-12-2025 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by carnation (Post 2514526)
Was her mother a butt about her bid?

Luckily no but the way she was acting before recruitment was something else. She had gotten dropped from her legacy house and her mom seemed to be more upset than her daughter was.

carnation 08-12-2025 05:16 PM

Did they say which sorority Mom was in? Many of those groups have been around for so long that they have far more legacies than they could ever take. Like at least 3 times quota.

navane 08-12-2025 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by carnation (Post 2514530)
Did they say which sorority Mom was in? Many of those groups have been around for so long that they have far more legacies than they could ever take. Like at least 3 times quota.

Yes, her mother is an Alpha Xi Delta from Auburn. Also, that young lady's older sister is a Tri Delta from Auburn. So, the older sister is in a different sorority as well.

In last night's episode, it was explained that legacies used to have a leg up but, because so many legacies go through now, they'd have to fill the entire new member class with legacies, which is not feasible. They also mentioned that sororities have shied away from legacy preference in recent years.

Low D Flat 08-12-2025 06:24 PM

Well, the show was materially less fake than I expected, and I actually liked both girls and rooted for them. It's easy enough to ignore or FF through the silly interludes from that Tammy-Faye-wannabe influencer.

carnation 08-12-2025 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by navane (Post 2514531)
Yes, her mother is an Alpha Xi Delta from Auburn. Also, that young lady's older sister is a Tri Delta from Auburn. So, the older sister is in a different sorority as well.

In last night's episode, it was explained that legacies used to have a leg up but, because so many legacies go through now, they'd have to fill the entire new member class with legacies, which is not feasible. They also mentioned that sororities have shied away from legacy preference in recent years.

Hm. I did not realize that the AXiDs had been around long enough for a second generation.

In that trailer, one mom said she remembered exactly who cut her (the mom) after first round. Did she ever own up?

navane 08-13-2025 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by carnation (Post 2514533)
Hm. I did not realize that the AXiDs had been around long enough for a second generation.

In that trailer, one mom said she remembered exactly who cut her (the mom) after first round. Did she ever own up?


No, she never owned up to the name of the chapter.

They showed Auburn mom's bid day photo on screen and I recall that her AXiD bid day was in 1985. According to shadokat's thread, the AXiD chapter was chartered in 1980.

carnation 08-13-2025 06:12 AM

Dang! It sure doesn't seem that long.

I need to find a way to see the show!

madoug 08-13-2025 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by carnation (Post 2514533)
In that trailer, one mom said she remembered exactly who cut her (the mom) after first round. Did she ever own up?

She didn't say which house but she did say her aunts are ADPis so I wondered if that was it.

Pinkmagnolia921 08-14-2025 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Cookiez17 (Post 2514518)
Aurburn girl ended up in DZ!

I watched the show with my 94 year-old DZ Mom and she was so excited to see the girl go DZ!

Cookiez17 08-14-2025 02:08 PM

I will say about bama rush, I’m more excited to see what houses the PNMs end up in rather than their outfits.

WregleXO 08-14-2025 04:32 PM

I was pleasantly surprised by the show and liked both girls going through. I was an active when my sister went through rush so was invested in the Ole Miss story. Luckily my sister ran home to my house. My hubby was a fraternity brother with Bill Alverson and I did let out a little scream when he was in one of the party pictures that they flashed on the screen.

Loyally Kappa 08-14-2025 05:05 PM

It's been such a long time since I went through. I had a young friend go through at Ole Miss last fall. I was rooting for KKG, but she ended up pledging Tri Delta. With what I read, watch, and ponder, if I went in as prepared as I was 40+ years ago, I’m 100% dropped after day 1. They might not even let me rush! Times have even changed since my daughter went through at Alabama 19 years ago.


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