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Originally Posted by auburnmom09
33 girl:Thank you so much for the kind words.
She is indeed a caring sweet person and this day has been so difficult for both of us. She did not return to the legacy sorority today and of the ones she went back to there were only 2 she is still really interested in and only one more she said she would go to tomorrow for pref if they invited her back. I think they can choose 3 but she is very afraid the one she really wants won"t invite her because they assume she is going to pledge the legacy sorority. 
I agree with whomever said it is not a fair system. She now feels penalized because she is a legacy vs. girls who aren't legacies.
What a ridiculous system. Seems they should be able to get a list saying who is not going back to a legacy sorority sorta like making them a "FREE AGENT"  But that would be too ideal. Or let's go for let the rushees select the ones they still want to be rushed by each day then give that list to the sororities and let them only rush the girls that also want them.
Ya think? |
Letting other chapters know when a legacy wasn't returning to her legacy chapter might be a good idea.
I think letting the girls list only the chapters they were interested in would probably result in many more girls being released early in the process. Going back to more chapters causes a lot of girls to reconsider chapters that they likely would have dropped after first round had they had the choice and not known that their top chapters were going to cut them.
But I'll admit that I've never consider having to attend parties a big hardship. Enjoy talking to the girls. Why is that such a bad thing? Nobody is going to make you accept a bid you don't want.
ETA: AuburnMom09, were you greek or is the legacy chapter a sister or grandmother? EATA: nevermind, I re-read and I see that you refer to your own rush experience. I was a little surprised because some of what you suggests seems kind of counter to having direct recruitment experience, for example, wanting open parties rather than a full invite list, wanting to let girls reduce the number of chapters they return to, etc. These things seem likely to me to have a negative effect on many PNMs and at least 1/2 of the chapters. Do you mind saying what college you attended? Is it similar to Auburn?