Legacies

[Zillini]

FSUZeta's right, there is no good/easy answer to your situation. The viewpoints differ from one Chapter to another, one sorority to another and one campus to another.

I've heard of some that view it as an exciting challenge to try and "steal" a legacy away from another sorority, particularly an on-campus in house active's sister. I've heard that some figure it's pointless to even try and so drop the PNM early. Then there are some that are hopeful a PNM will make up her own mind and so treat her like everyone else. (Frankly, that's my choice.)

So unless you know an in house active who is willing to share that info, you'll never know how a Chapter views this scenario.

[carnation]

I know I've said this on other threads, but I think that at least in the South, being a legacy helps less and less. Most legacies from this area have not made it into their mothers' sororities, at least on competitive campuses, and the only ones we know who have made it into their sisters' sororities have been in-house legacies.

And if you're an in-house legacy, you'd better want your sister's sorority because chances are that with the new release figures, you're going to get cut by most of the other sororities pretty early. I know one who rushed last year and after first parties, she was cut by all the sororities except her sister's plus one that was quite a bit smaller that a high school friend was in. She spent the rest of recruitment week going to only these 2 parties. On other campuses, she would have been in much more demand with her grades, activities, and looks.

[southernyankee]

So in a big SEC school, it really isn't going to matter what sorority her sister is in as long as it is not "in house" legacy? It sounds like with the more competitive schools it shouldn't hurt or help.