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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Sure. I think even in other regions, there are certain chapters at different schools who will have more legacies than others. Ex: I think many of our single letter chapters get a lot of legacies coming through just because they are older (even though their particular Panhellenics are not competitive).
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At Miami of Ohio (which is competitive but not, like, SEC competitive), my chapter usually had 20-25 legacies come through every year, whereas my sister's Theta chapter usually had more like 60-75 (quota usually in the 50s). So I do see some regional influence.
My mom, grandmother, great-grandmother and several aunts were all Thetas, and my mom was quite involved on a national level throughout my childhood. It was definitely expected that I wouldn't join any other sorority, and my mom never considered that they would cut me.
Theta did cut me right before pref -- they are a highly desirable chapter with a lot of legacies. My mom was totally devastated, though to her credit, she encouraged me to finish out recruitment and is very supportive of my membership in ADPi. She definitely backed off Theta involvement, though. She's just now starting advising again eight years later.
I don't have any kids, but I would have been really upset if ADPi had cut either of my younger sisters. (Luckily didn't happen...one went to pref at ADPi but ranked them second after Theta, and the other one called me after the first night of recruitment and said, "I know for certain that I want to be an ADPi.")