Mothers and Daughters

AOII Angel · #1 08-07-2008, 08:42 PM

I can testify to the importance of not bringing up your legacy status in conversation since I mentioned my active AOII sister at parties (I couldn't think of anything else to talk about since I'm nervous in those situations!) and was promptly cut despite a great application from every group...even the struggling chapter. I unknowingly gave off the impression that I was only interested in AOII from day 1. Not a good idea. Just having a legacy on your application is not going to hurt you at the vast majority of schools unless they include Bama, Georgia or any other big SEC school. Those recruitments are completely different!

P.S. If asked about your mother, stress that she wants you to be happy at the chapter that is right for YOU!

ASUADPi · #2 08-07-2008, 09:09 PM

I truly think it is odd that other chapters would cut a girl because she is a legacy to another one. Every recruitment I have worked at, there is always some legacy (to another sorority) going through that our girls just adore and they would be thrilled if they 'stole' her. (I know lame, but kind of cute in a way).

Kansas City · #3 08-08-2008, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ASUADPi

I truly think it is odd that other chapters would cut a girl because she is a legacy to another one. Every recruitment I have worked at, there is always some legacy (to another sorority) going through that our girls just adore and they would be thrilled if they 'stole' her. (I know lame, but kind of cute in a way).

I agree. If the chapter that I advise really likes another house's legacy they would "rush her hard". It was always a challenge to see if the girl they really wanted would select us (the non-legacy house) over her legacy house.

33girl · #4 08-08-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Kansas City

I agree. If the chapter that I advise really likes another house's legacy they would "rush her hard". It was always a challenge to see if the girl they really wanted would select us (the non-legacy house) over her legacy house.

If you have to cut 50% of the girls who come through your party, you're reaching for anything you can get. "She's a legacy, her mom's group will pledge her" is one of those cuts that you can kind of talk yourself into feeling good about. Even if it's not necessarily true.

FSUZeta · #5 08-08-2008, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

If you have to cut 50% of the girls who come through your party, you're reaching for anything you can get. "She's a legacy, her mom's group will pledge her" is one of those cuts that you can kind of talk yourself into feeling good about. Even if it's not necessarily true.

too true!

Kansas City · #6 08-08-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

If you have to cut 50% of the girls who come through your party, you're reaching for anything you can get. "She's a legacy, her mom's group will pledge her" is one of those cuts that you can kind of talk yourself into feeling good about. Even if it's not necessarily true.

I guess I'm just lucky that my chapter doesn't have to make these kind of cuts, mid-west location and DII at that.

50% seems pretty steep, is this common for the "big guys" in SEC? Of course we've got forced cuts too but nothing so drastic. It affords us the opportunity to get to know who we are cutting or keep the unknowns around longer to find out more about the individual.

33girl · #7 08-08-2008, 04:52 PM

if you use the new release figures, then yes, I think some groups (as in the ones everyone wants to join) do have to cut that much.

GeorgiaMom · #8 08-13-2008, 04:57 PM

My daughter participated in recruitment at UGA as a legacy. (I also attended UGA and am an alumni of a sorority on campus.)

When my daughter registered online, she did not complete the legacy information. She was in a hurry to meet the early registration deadline and didn’t have the information. We were not able to go back in and update it.

I wasn’t worried about it. She had two recommendations and a Legacy Introduction Form sent to the house-all clearly stating that she was a legacy.

She had a wonderful recruitment with a full schedule during all of the rounds. She attended three prefs including the sorority where I was initiated. She absolutely loved all three.

I don’t want to go into to many details but I thought I should offer a word of advice to other mothers out there. If I had said anything to my daughter before prefs, she may suicided my chapter and been left without a bid.

They did not know she was a legacy because she was not “in the computer”. Had she been “in the computer”, she may have been cut heavily in the early rounds.

BTW-She was initiated into a chapter where the girls are wonderful and she has found her home away from home. She is totally happy and I could not be more thrilled with the way things turned out.