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Originally Posted by Smile_Awhile
At our chapter (small, Midwest university with small Greek life), we have a legacy in my pledge class who was the niece of a famous alumni from our specific chapter. There was a spot for aunts on our Panhellenic application for rush. The girls immediately wanted her very badly- and obviously got her! So notify them!  |
On our campus it can work against the PNM though. For instance if she lists a close legacy (sister, say) from XYZ then ABC and DEF, who have to drop a fairly large number of girls during the first cut, often drop her for that, assuming that it is too risky to keep a girl that likely wants to follow her sister. It's great if she really did want XYZ, but she often gets pigeon-holed and isn't left with a choice. I know a large number of girls who have experienced this and most of them ended up happy, but they did wish they were given a choice as they were also interested in other sororities. I'm sure at a large school with many sororities that isn't such a common occurence, but it can be when there are few sororities and the dynamics are such that girls in that position aren't worth the risk. I found out recently that my own chapter considered dropping me for that reason. I had a cousin in ABC and listed her (though not as a legacy, obviously, but there is a space for family members in greek organizations). She's my mother's age and wouldn't have influenced me at all, but they didn't know that. I just got lucky that they decided to take the risk that year.
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