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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
I have actually advised girls going through recruitment at very competitive schools to NOT list their legacy chapter(s) on the panhellenic form - just have the family members send a legacy notification form to the chapter/write a rec. I hate to say it, but I've known too many cases where being a known legacy to another house may have hurt a pnm's chances - of course, we'll never know for sure, but there just doesn't seem to be much of a reason to let other houses know you are a legacy to another house.
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My second daughter is going through recruitment this fall. Daughter #1 was cut by my house and also received fairly heavy cuts elsewhere; of course I wondered if the legacy status hurt her. Daughter #2 goes through this fall (same campus), but we decided to list her statuses (she also has one additional legacy house to list), hoping that showing a "multipanhellenic" status will help "blunt" the effect of having a sister who is an active. Since Daughter #1 knows lots of people in other houses, we felt it was the better choice. We think it was a good thing, because both daughters have talked to actives the last few weeks who have said variations of "I guess it won't do any good to rush you/your sister since you'll probably pledge XYZ!"