How many PMNs "know" before they even start recruitment?

[littleowl33]

I have some serious Kappa pride and was super involved in my chapter as an undergrad, but I'm pretty sure I would have dropped off the radar for the last semester of my undergrad experience if my sister (who went through recruitment last January) had been cut. I say that because I knew for a fact she was a terrific fit for the group and would add a lot to the chapter - I was an active who knew the sisters and the campus culture, and I obviously know my sister very well. Luckily, I was 100% right - my sisters loved her in the rush room and one of my happiest moments was seeing her in our letters on Bid Day. She's been a great asset to our chapter. However, if she had been rushing at another chapter (or at mine, say 5 years after I graduated) I don't think I could manage that level of vitriol for my organization if she had been cut. If you're not actually an active member who knows the sisters and the culture I think it's hard to determine whether or not your legacy is a good fit.

In any event, I've never seen a sister of an active cut from her legacy group at Hopkins. In the history of our (relatively young) chapter there have only been two Kappa sister legacies and they both went Kappa, but there was an unusually high number of them last recruitment and they all ended up pledging their bio sisters' chapters. I have, however, heard of girls (not in my chapter) threatening to disaffiliate if their sisters were cut.