Listing Legacy Chapters

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by ADPiEE

So if a PNM lists her legacy chapters, she could be released by other chapters. But then she also could be released by her legacy chapter. Does this happen often or just at competitive/SEC schools--where legacies remain bidless?

This is why I think it is more considerate of the legacy chapter to release the PNM at the earliest possible time. Waiting too long in the process seems to work against the PNM. This has happened to a couple of PNMs I know. These girls were carried through the last party before prefs. and were not invited back for prefs. I won't name the schools, but will say this happened at schools where recs. are a must!

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

This is why I think it is more considerate of the legacy chapter to release the PNM at the earliest possible time. Waiting too long in the process seems to work against the PNM. This has happened to a couple of PNMs I know. These girls were carried through the last party before prefs. and were not invited back for prefs. I won't name the schools, but will say this happened at schools where recs. are a must!

Would the other chapters know though? Like if everyone was dropping Suzie because she was an XYZ, but XYZ dropped her first round, would the other chapters know? I don't remember my chapter knowing what PNMs went to another group unless the PNM told me.

[adpiucf]

No, they wouldn't know who dropped whom.

I've seen things go a few different ways with legacies. I have known some legacies who didn't even inform their legacy sorority of their status because they wanted to get in "on their own." I've seen legacies dropped by every other sorority because their legacy status is well-known. I've seen legacies dropped from their legacy chapter just before prefs. And then I've seen sororities brag about poaching multi-generational legacies away from their legacy sororities. Legacies can also feel enormous pressure to join their legacy sorority, so I can understand why other sororities would cut them.

Without a doubt, the legacies with an active upperclassman sorority member at the same school are at a significant disadvantage. I can think of quite a few girls from UCF who really had no choice during their recruitments. It's a little hard when your sister is the recruitment chair AND your mom is one of the alumnae volunteers serving refreshments, for example...