Recs for a Legacy?

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

If a PNM is a legacy, would it also be to her advantage to get recs for the sorority she is a legacy to? Or would it be redundant?

I'm thinking of the big greek schools where the number of legacies can be higher than actual quota.

Hi KillarneyRose:

For at least one large NPC sorority that I know of, a rec would be needed, even when a PNM is a legacy. The sorority has two, count 'em, two, distinct forms for use: a legacy info form and a rec form. One does not replace the other, at least if I'm correct in my reading of the info available to the public on their web site. The rec form is more important; the legacy information form is, at least according to the statement on the web site, "optional."

See, for example:

http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/c...rs.aspx?id=228

http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/h...px?ekfrm=23092

Obviously each NPC organization has its own requirements, and practices can differ among chapters of any particular sorority.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Hi KillarneyRose:

For at least one large NPC sorority that I know of, a rec would be needed, even when a PNM is a legacy. The sorority has two, count 'em, two, distinct forms for use: a legacy info form and a rec form. One does not replace the other, at least if I'm correct in my reading of the info available to the public on their web site. The rec form is more important; the legacy information form is, at least according to the statement on the web site, "optional."

See, for example:

http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/c...rs.aspx?id=228

[url]http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/howdoi.aspx?ekfrm=23092[/url

exlurker, that form is invaluable to us!

And I hope that all chapters check on alum status. I've heard too many unreal stories from Auburn about girls making that up. Well, that and activities and gradepoints.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by carnation

exlurker, that form is invaluable to us!

And I hope that all chapters check on alum status. I've heard too many unreal stories from Auburn about girls making that up. Well, that and activities and gradepoints.

carnation, thanks for clarifying and emphasizing the use of Pi Phi's legacy information form and its rec form.

As far as girls making things up, that's sad. You'd think they'd realize, or would have been told, that chapters check up.

ggforever, you posted: "My favorite story is the mother that called to rake me over the coals because we released her DD early in recruitment. She had not sent in a rec or legacy form, nor did any of her friends. . . . "
Great story. That was one clueless mom with an excess of nerve!