How Moms Should Treat Their Legacy Daughters

[DTD Alum]

Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

Interesting statistic from the Auburn recruitment online handbook:

In 2009, 714 of our 1114 potential members were legacies. But, only 220 joined a sorority they are a legacy to. The rest joined other groups or did not join at all. Legacies do not have any particular advantage when it comes to receiving bids.

What was a recent quota at Auburn? With 16 sororities, that means on average each sorority had 44-45 legacies coming through. However, I'd be willing to bet that some of the sororities that are not as omnipresent in the south (Alpha Xi Delta or Sigma Kappa, for example) had less, which probably means that some of the sororities that are highly concentrated in the south (Kappa Delta, Chi Omega or Phi Mu) had significantly more than 45ish.

[aephi alum]

And what about women who are legacies to sororities not represented at Auburn - like, oh, just off the top of my head, AEPhi? My hypothetical younger sister rushing at Auburn in 2010 would be a legacy to an NPC sorority, but she can't exactly pledge that sorority at that school.