Has the tradition of Legacies outgrown its usefulness?

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Once again I ask - would either of you enjoy being in a chapter with 400 members? Seriously?

Would you enjoy having a choice of only 3-4 groups at a campus of 25,000 because only the "strongest" groups have survived?

I did have almost 400 sisters. The year I went through rush, quota was over 85 and that was 10 years ago! I didn't think twice about it at the time, because the majority of houses on my campus (somewhere over 10 chapters) had as many members.

I stated above how we dealt with legacies, and it seemed to work for us. Some legacies just aren't desirable to the chapter and vice versa. Legacies never made up a majority (or even close to it) of our pledge classes, though.

I'm not really sure how new release figures work, but from reading other threads, it appears that girls who rank all chapter throughout rush may be guaranteed a bid. I personally feel that if you attend a full Pref day, then you should get a bid (since chapters shouldn't invite girls to Pref who they don't intend offering bids). However, I don't feel that every single PNM who maximizes her options by ranking all chapters should automatically get Pref invites...I'm not sure this is how it works, but this is what it seems I read.

We had very strong chapters on my campus (top houses) that didn't always take quota & I don't think houses should be required to. But now it seems that if a house doesn't take quota it's that they didn't "get" quota...not that they chose not to take 89 girls.