I just don't know what to think. In areas where a few sororities are strong, "legacy" doesn't seem to carry the same weight that we were led to believe as actives. A comment was made last year in response to a post where I said "legacies were getting cut left and right". The response was-"Maybe there were more legacies than quota." She was absolutely RIGHT! They had 78 legacies going through and quota was 70. So, SOMEBODY had to get cut.
We have an old keepsake box, and in it are little items like a Sigma Chi car decal, little sister pins etc... We let the kids look through it when they were young and we too spoke of them being legacies. After last year, I don't say ANYTHING like, "Well son, you're a legacy to Sigma Chi." I would HATE for him to walk in and believe that he had special ties when it isn't clear to me that the chapter he will be meeting puts any weight on it. Of course his Dad would love for that to be true, but I put a damper on the conversation.He also has an g-uncle in the alum, higher echelon of Sigma Nu. I haven't discussed it to any length because I found out POST GC, and I don't know how Sigma Nu looks at that. Both chapters, Sigma Chi and Sigma Nu are great at LSU. However, I just hope we didn't put anything in his brain too deep prior to what I have read on these boards.
I think parents need to be aware of this so they don't build up their children's "expectation" only to get hurt. There is so much information for the ladies going through recuitment, but fraternity info is hard to come by. It seems to be very different from campus to campus.
