Does a legacy need a letter of recommendation?

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by ucfpnm

It's possible that she (and other PNMs who claim legacies that turn out to be nonexistent) didn't lie and was simply mistaken.

Example: I've always known that my grandmother was in a sorority, and that it was really important to her, but I never knew which one. She passed away about 15 years ago so I couldn't ask. When I was registering for recruitment (several months ago, before I really knew anything about the process), the form at UCF asks for legacies, and since my dad had no idea, I called my aunt and asked which sorority my grandmother was in. She said XYZ, so I went ahead and put that down. A week or so later, I was talking to her again and mentioned I'd put down XYZ as my grandmother's chapter. She said, "Oh, I'm not sure it was XYZ, it might have been ABC [another chapter with a somewhat similar name]." Of course this information put me in a light panic because I don't want XYZ thinking I'm a liar. I went through all of her old things that we had, hoping to find a badge or picture or something, and came up with nothing (I still hope to find her badge somewhere in case I go XYZ, that would be pretty cool to have my grandmother's badge). Eventually I had to go through the national headquarters (she did turn out to be an XYZ, thankfully ) and find out exactly what I needed to do to ensure my legacy status. Everything was fine, but if my aunt would have told me ABC in the first place, I might have had a problem.

But yeah, if the legacy's relative has passed away, it's possible to get confused. Maybe she was an Alpha Chi Omega legacy?

I see your point. I think in some situations that may be the case, but this girl also told other chapters that she was a legacy through her mom to their chapter. So I'm sure she wasn't THAT confused to think her mom was in 3 different sororities! LOL