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I've been giving this more thought, since I do have a daughter. Like many situations, I just don't think you can truly gauge how you're going to feel or react until it happens to you!
I do believe that legacies should be given an extra consideration, but I do not believe that offering them bids should be the 'End All' of their recruitment. What if there were a separate 'party' before formal recruitment began, and legacies could attend to get an initial feel for the party. I think that one thing that may hurt the relative, is that they KNOW how quick rush is and how it is hard to make a truly valid personality decision based on a few minutes of time. This way, when rush actually started, both sides would have a better idea if the legacy chapter/PNM was really worth the effort.
We all know that there sorority women who didn't go to there legacy chapter, and the same can be said for those that did. Further, nothing will truly change until chapters are taught to give EVERYONE the benefit of the doubt...legacy or not. For the really big competitive schools, this would probably be easier said than done.
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