Legacy

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ErinIsBadNews

My old roomate is someone I've always really admired. Both of her sisters were members of another sorority on campus. We got into a discussion about legacies one night. Basically what she asked me if I thought it was fair to give a girl a bid into a house where she does not fit? If there is another house where this girl would actually fit in and she joins our sorority is that fair to the girl? I don't think I'd want to be in a place where I had nothing in common with the girls, except the fact my mother/sister/grandmother is their sister. No one knows more about a chapter than the girls who belong to it, if the PNM doesn't click with anyone who rushed her, I don't think giving her a bid is fair to the legacy or the PNM who would've been a great fit.

You would hope the rushee herself would come to that conclusion, but unfortunately it doesn't always work that way. Not to mention the problem some people have mentioned of legacies getting cut by other groups because they have to cut someone and they assume the rushee with the ABC mom, sister and grandma will go ABC, even if she's been hideously uncomfortable there. This would be one time where it would be really nice if you could see what is happening at the other groups' parties. (well, one of many, LOL)