cutting rules

[Designergal3]

One of the Fabulous new members of my sorority told me her story. Her older sisters are alums of sororities ABC and XYZ. She didn't claim legacy on her registration form because she wanted to know where she would truly belong. She got cut from both of those chapters after 2nd sets. Her sisters found out she didn't claim legacy & called the respective chapters here at UM. She didn't go back to those chapters for 3rds (coz she was cut), but those chapters called her back for pref parties. Needless to say, she didn't rank them first. She chose us coz she knew we wanted her rather than joining the 'popular' houses. She said "I would never have joined those houses because they cut me before and I knew they didn't want me as much as they did others."


I don't agree with the rule that alot of fraternities and sorority chapters have that they CANNOT cut a legacy for any reason. If that PNM isn't going to fit in, or if they are going to bring the morale of the house down, they should be cut. One of my good friends in another chapter just told me that all the members of her chapter hated this PNM but they HAD to keep inviting her back because of the policy. That girl would have taken up a spot in the pledge class and she would have been the unwanted pledge. That chapter was extremely relieved when the girl decided to drop rush and they got quota plus of a pledge class of girls who they wanted. The exact same thing happened to a friend of one of my housemates. But this girl ended up joining that chapter she was a legacy to and she found out pretty quickly she wasn't wanted but for some god knows why reason she's stuck around....