Auburn Recruitment

[AnchorAlumna]

Re: Noting a legacy status on a recommendation to your sorority:

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I've come to believe that legacies mean very little unless the sister is currently in the house or has very recently graduated....

Originally Posted by BlueCarnation

We had a quota of 45 and one of the chapters on our campus allegedly had over 150 legacies go through recruitment...they ended up taking 3, and all 3 had sisters in the house already. I think legacies are just another way to get you a second look, but don't matter that much...

And that's a cryin' shame! Just 3?? Of course you don't want to dictate which sisters the current actives should choose, but to only pledge .02% of your legacies is sad.

I do list legacy status if I know it - heck I even list roommates. The chapter needs to know who the competition is. But I would hope it would not dictate what the chapter decides. But it certainly is an easy way to let somebody go.

Originally Posted by auburnmom09

She did not return to the legacy sorority today and of the ones she went back to there were only 2 she is still really interested in and only one more she said she would go to tomorrow for pref if they invited her back....

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

...it seems to me that more PNM feel entitled to only join the very "top chapters."

Yep, no matter how many times you say "keep an open mind," it seems they sometimes only open so far.

Originally Posted by auburnmom09

I agree with whomever said it is not a fair system.

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I think sometimes people who are unhappy with their immediate outcomes see systematic failure where none may really exist, and we might be projecting that on to legacy status.

No, it's not a perfect system. I wish it were. But it's the fairest system we've come up with so far. And it's proved itself over and over again, on multiple campuses.