How many PMNs "know" before they even start recruitment?

[PhiMu_Lindz]

I know of one woman who was a quadruple legacy to one of the organizations on campus, including her grandmother who was the past national president. She was cut. Nothing is certain, even at a school that is not super competitive.

[honeychile]

^We had a 5-generation legacy who we would have loved to cut. This is the woman who really didn't want to go greek in the first place. We were told that she would be extended a bid, under no uncertain terms.



BTW, I was 99% sure that I would get a bid from my legacy chapter, but I went ADPi instead. I probably would have been happy with my legacy chapter, though.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PhiMu_Lindz

I know of one woman who was a quadruple legacy to one of the organizations on campus, including her grandmother who was the past national president. She was cut. Nothing is certain, even at a school that is not super competitive.

Yep.

1. Schools that are not "super competitve" still have ways of ranking PNMs/aspirants in terms of desirability and based on things like how many new members they want. Being a legacy does not mean that the legacy meets their cut-off point.

2. I'm not saying this is the case for the quadruple legacy, but overly confident legacies are annoying. Some legacies think they are damn near members and act very familiar with the GLO and the chapter. That's a good way to get axed. That's a step below wearing "future XYZ" and "my mother is an ABC" shirts around campus or wearing "ABC" socks around campus and saying "my mom bought these for me." Yes, folks, all of this does happen. The parents (or other reasons why the person's a legacy) are sometimes teaching these aspirants that this stuff is okay.

[mittens]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Yep.

1. Schools that are not "super competitve" still have ways of ranking PNMs/aspirants in terms of desirability and based on things like how many new members they want. Being a legacy does not mean that the legacy meets their cut-off point.

2. I'm not saying this is the case for the quadruple legacy, but overly confident legacies are annoying. Some legacies think they are damn near members and act very familiar with the GLO and the chapter. That's a good way to get axed. That's a step below wearing "future XYZ" and "my mother is an ABC" shirts around campus or wearing "ABC" socks around campus and saying "my mom bought these for me." Yes, folks, all of this does happen. The parents (or other reasons why the person's a legacy) are sometimes teaching these aspirants that this stuff is okay.

I hate those shirts that say "Future XYZ" I just saw a ONESIE that said "XYZ Legacy" on it. I just thought... oh god, here is an innocent kid going to grow up thinking they will be an XYZ!

I heard from a friend at one competitive school that PNMs know they will get a bid to ABC because actives literally came up to certain girls that are drop dead gorgeous, models, and cheerleaders and offered them a bid a week before recruitment even started. I have a hard time believing this because I would of expected them to be caught for dirty rushing already?? Is this common in other competitive schools?