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I agree with you now that I'm much better informed, KDCat. I believe that sharing legacy status, other than with legacy chapters, is never a positive and more often than not is a very significant negative. It gives chapters with historically strong recruitment another reason to cut a PNM, as they don't want to assume any known risk linked to the bids they send out at the end of the day. With PMN groups that are 1000 -2500 girls strong, they'll have multiple girls that look fabulous for each coveted spot. If one of those great PNMs is known to be a legacy at one or more houses (or worse, a double or triple legacy), they are the great girl who is going to get cut.
It makes sense from a practical perspective. Even with PNMs who have an open mind, chapters know that if the girl prefs two or three houses inclusive of the legacy house, there is a good chance that the girl will be at the top of the legacy chapters list resulting in a likely match, even if the PNM didn't rank them first. Others that know this process better than I, please correct me if I'm off base here.
This is a bit of a generalization, of course, but something to keep in mind. I was happy to honor requests not to include legacy info on recs. I often leave SAT and ACT info off as well, if that is not provided to me.
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