I'm not sure how it's all done now with formal recruitment. The chapter I'm an advisor at only has open and informal. When I went through Rush, there were separate forms - one to fill out if you wanted to go through rush, and then something like a postcard size thing if you were a legacy. If you were a legacy to more than one GLO - like mom was ABC and grandma was XYZ - you had to fill out a card for each. Those cards went to the respective organizations only, if they were on campus. I know for us (Theta Phi Alpha), our Recruitment Chair has to report on whether or not any legacies went through recruitment, if they went to Prefs, and why they were or were not given a bid. In our organization, it is considered extremely bad form to invite a legacy to Prefs and not extend a bid. And I can understand that. If you felt strongly enough to invite her to Prefs, there was obviously something you thought she had. If bids don't match, that's another story, but if a legacy doesn't click with the rest of the group, she should be cut before Prefs. Imho, of course