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Originally Posted by carnation
It used to be that being a legacy meant something but honestly, I've seen so much recruitment pain in the last 6 years as the number of legacies grows. So many sororities blow off cutting the girls--"maybe her mom was an ABC 25 years ago but we get to pick our members and she would fit somewhere else". I saw an incredibly rude email written from a chapter advisor to an alum whose younger sister was cut--along the lines of "we chose our girls, your sister wasn't one, so too bad for you". The thing is, these legacies who are cut are honestly no different from the ones they pledge. Our family might know 2 very similar girls rushing at the same school and the ABC legacy will be cut by them and her best friend, who has the same values and grades and looks and activities will make it in.
I wish I knew the answer to it all.
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I can't believe the advisor let the alum know that her sister had been cut by E-MAIL!
One positive about revealing legacies to other groups is that this lets the other groups know that the family understands Greek life and the girl will be likely to pay her dues and be a contributing member because she has probably heard about it all her life.
A note on what to say on recs:
If I know that a girl will be openminded in recruitment, I usually say "Susie knows a lot about the benefits of sorority life because of her sister/mom's sorority experience, but she is excited about creating her own Greek experience and is really pumped about meeting the DGs during recruitment." Just something to say that she is excited to look at every house, not just her legacy house.
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