Re: Noting a legacy status on a recommendation to your sorority:
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I've come to believe that legacies mean very little unless the sister is currently in the house or has very recently graduated....
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Originally Posted by BlueCarnation
We had a quota of 45 and one of the chapters on our campus allegedly had over 150 legacies go through recruitment...they ended up taking 3, and all 3 had sisters in the house already. I think legacies are just another way to get you a second look, but don't matter that much...
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And that's a cryin' shame! Just 3?? Of course you don't want to dictate which sisters the current actives should choose, but to only pledge .02% of your legacies is sad.
I do list legacy status if I know it - heck I even list roommates. The chapter needs to know who the competition is. But I would hope it would not dictate what the chapter decides. But it certainly is an easy way to let somebody go.
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Originally Posted by auburnmom09
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....
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
...it seems to me that more PNM feel entitled to only join the very "top chapters."
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Yep, no matter how many times you say "keep an open mind," it seems they sometimes only open so far.
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Originally Posted by auburnmom09
I agree with whomever said it is not a fair system.
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I think sometimes people who are unhappy with their immediate outcomes see systematic failure where none may really exist, and we might be projecting that on to legacy status.
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No, it's not a perfect system. I wish it were. But it's the fairest system we've come up with so far. And it's proved itself over and over again, on multiple campuses.