Who Has Removed Preferential Treatment for Legacies?

[JonInKC]

Guy with a question here. When a legacy goes through sorority rush do all the chapters on campus know she's a legacy?

[flirt5721]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

Guy with a question here. When a legacy goes through sorority rush do all the chapters on campus know she's a legacy?

If it is disclosed in the sorority recruitment registration yes. I have know of some PNMs that do not disclose that they are legacies. So sometimes yes, sometimes no.

[JonInKC]

Originally Posted by flirt5721

If it is disclosed in the sorority recruitment registration yes. I have know of some PNMs that do not disclose that they are legacies. So sometimes yes, sometimes no.

I was wondering, why not disclose the legacy status ONLY to the chapter in question? Not all legacies want to join the chapter anyway, and it would prevent them from being cut from chapters that want her but figure "she'll go XYZ anyway because she's a legacy".

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

I was wondering, why not disclose the legacy status ONLY to the chapter in question? Not all legacies want to join the chapter anyway, and it would prevent them from being cut from chapters that want her but figure "she'll go XYZ anyway because she's a legacy".

I cannot speak for all schools, but for the one I advise, if a 'mistake' happens (accidentally dropping a legacy after first round comes to mind), our panhellenic will only let us correct that mistake if the PNM indicated that legacy status in her sign-up.

And my international org dropped preferential treatment for legacies before this last recruitment, and guess what? we took just as many "legacies" this year as in prior years. But we still have recommendation forms so that helps a bit.