Thanks Carnation - I must have missed that - I need to look at the Rec and Legacy introduction forms again! I thought both had indicated only daughters and sisters. I filled out a ton of them but don't want to be incorrect again.

I guess this means I should still keep my badge to pass down given that there's still hope for me to have another Pi Phi in the family someday! But of course I'm really "jumping the gun", I don't even have granddaughters yet. LOL

Step-daughters but not step-sisters? Huh, that seems odd.

I love this thread! Because it is so true - legacies are important to all of our organizations for so many reasons. What surprises me is that at schools with tons of legacies (lots of PNM's to pick from as potential new sisters) only a small amount are actually pledged. Come on girls, if you have your pick from 200 legacies and have a large quota (80-100) you cannot tell me that at least 20 of them wouldn't be fit as well as a terrific asset for your chapter! You are blessed with a wealth of choices.
Hey Kappas... a question for you, I read something about a special effort you have made to encourage more pledging of legacies (along the lines of this thread) - is this true? One SEC chapter proudly announced after recruitment that they had a high percentage of legacies at preference. That was impressive!

Also - I want to apologize to everyone now for any grammatical errors or misspellings I may have in my posts - I'm posting with 4 year old twins underfoot - so I have to be FAST! I just noticed one above - darn!

Agree!

I'd love to know if the Kappas have made a special effort and how it worked.

I do:two and I hope the baby on the way is one too to even up the boys and girls! But their moms keep propagandizing by getting them owl and panda stuff.;)

I have 3 more daughters who can rush but none of them are currently considering universities with Pi Phi. @@##!

A great print for all your granddaughters' nurseries especially if you can change the pencil into an arrow...
http://www.briandemeter.com/images/f..._owl_thumb.jpg

My guess is that if it is step-sisters who grew up together, it would count, but if they grew up separately it wouldn't? It does seem kind of odd though!

Aieee! Perfect! Maybe I could put it on the wall in the playroom! Of course, I'd have to put a lion in the picture plus a crown on one of the animals too!

Granted this isn't my person opinion, because I would have died if I wasn't offered a bid from my family sorority but isn't the issue for some chapters is that they take all the legacies and are so "exclusive" others are not given a chance? It is just a sticky topic because this is half a New York Times article on Southern White Supremacy. There are always those hard luck stories where a nice sweet girl was cut but that helps you in life, we have to remember she will find friends and the sorority of her own. I am trying to see things openly as I have fought for one girl who others didn't like but all I can say is it's life and God has a plan. Im almost 21 so I can say you gravitate to the girl with the "red heel" D'orsay shoes or the one you know who is a cheerleader at your school so some girls do slip through. Also not every legacy has the same personality as her mom and young college girls haven't built that loyalty our mother's have to even the more "odd" sister and it comes down to catty reasons girls are cut. I think we always look back and see a legacy or other young lady and say wow she should have been our sister and this only educates us on how to better select sisters, in a more honest and true scale.

1. RUN ON SENTENCES MAKE MY HEAD HURT.
2. QFP.
3. Plural, not possessive.
4. WTH?

WTF are you talking about? Have you been drinking early?

Your family has its own sorority?

Bless your heart.

I'm glad my group does not have to go through all this stress. If you are a legacy, you will most likely get a bid. I don't know how all fraternities work, I would hope it be that way though.

Why? If that legacy doesn't fit with the chapter, why force a group to give him a bid?