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The thing is, and you'll get this from doing some reading, although legacies are valued among all the sororities, they are not valued above all other things. The sororities, especially in these legacy-rich chapters, need to balance old blood with new. Without going into member selection (which I couldn't do if I tried for any sorority other than my own and this isn't the way we do it) but let's say they had a scoring sheet. A 4.0 gives you 5 points. You were a cheerleader, 5 points. You were the president of your student body, 5 points. Your mother was an XYZ, 5 points. You're a lousy conversationalist, 0 points. You came to rush like you just rolled out of bed, 0 points. You can see where if 20 points is a good score, the 5 points for being a legacy would be valuable but not critical.
We've been round and round about advantage/disadvantage of diversity and rush here on GC. I think at some schools it is an advantage, presuming all other things are equal, but at some schools, they are still looking for a certain look in girls and no amount of wishing it to be different is going to change that. And some are changing, but at glacial rates.
And even if you think you know which type of school you're going to, you could very well be wrong. You just have to go in prepared, hold your head high and see what happens.
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