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Five of my daughters have rushed and pledged. When the next 4 rush, we'll make sure that only their legacy sororities will know they're legacies. We want them to be judged on their own merits and not cut by some sororities because they're legacies to 4 others.
It used to be that being a legacy meant something but honestly, I've seen so much recruitment pain in the last 6 years as the number of legacies grows. So many sororities blow off cutting the girls--"maybe her mom was an ABC 25 years ago but we get to pick our members and she would fit somewhere else". I saw an incredibly rude email written from a chapter advisor to an alum whose younger sister was cut--along the lines of "we chose our girls, your sister wasn't one, so too bad for you". The thing is, these legacies who are cut are honestly no different from the ones they pledge. Our family might know 2 very similar girls rushing at the same school and the ABC legacy will be cut by them and her best friend, who has the same values and grades and looks and activities will make it in.
I wish I knew the answer to it all.
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