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our legacy experience
Our experience with recruiting legacies has been all over the board! I am the Chapter Advisor for my Alpha Delta Pi chapter. We have seen the last couple of years go from 2 legacies participating in recruitment to 12 last year - a tremendous number for our university! (We pledged 10 last year, having released one.) If a particular PNM just isn't fitting in, we do release her, but early so that she may consider other chapters.
If you are a legacy and list it on your application, other chapters will notice. If they are "competitive" and try to steal you away, beware if they say, "They only want you because you are a legacy. We love you for who you are." There is another chapter on our campus where a couple of our legacies have pledged, and this has been known to happen. As a result, we find it hard to know how to treat PNM legacies! If we seem overly excited to meet her, she might think that to be the truth. If we ignore the fact she is related to an alumna, she might think we don't care at all. Catch-22!
Bottom line is go where YOU feel most comfortable. Not where your family or another person tells you that you are most comfortable! Have fun!
Beth Wright
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