legacy policies

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

A pretty accurate formula:

The size of the bitch that an alumna pitches if her legacy is cut is often inversely proportionate to the amount of time/involvement she has put into her chapter/national org since leaving college.

In other words, if she's stayed involved and realizes that just because the chapter/org was a fit for her, doesn't mean it and her daughter are a match, she's more likely to understand. Women who have not had any part in rush or membership selection for 20 years have a very rose-colored view of what it used to be like.

Pretty much, although I've heard a few awful stories of classless things said to relatives by representatives of chapters. Long story short, keep your mouth shut. Trying to explain only makes things worse.

[DoubleRose]

I got the call and just said "Thank you for calling". Of course it helped that my daughter had already told me they were not on the top of her list. And it was not my chapter. I think that would have been hard to hear from my daughter or the chapter, if it had been my chapter. While I feel my daughter would have fit in my chapter as it was when I was an undergrad, there is no telling if she would today. (My chapter is across the US from my current location.)

(It also would have been harder if she had loved the chapter and they dropped her.)