Legacy Policy

[KDCat]

I'd personally like to see the legacy tradition die.

I think it's awful that PNMs get dropped from legacy chapters because the chapter doesn't want to put them on the first bid list if they are invited to pref. (Not everyone does this, but some do.) Some of those ladies might be a fine addition to a second bid list and end up matching. Some of them might end up having a really great pref and moving up on the bid list after the pref party.

I think legacy policies cause a lot of early cuts of otherwise fine women, because they aren't the very best of their recruitment pool. I think it causes a lot of expectations that can't be met and that causes a lot of hurt feelings.

A chapter could always give extra weight to a legacy introduction form or a rec from a super-involved alumna without guaranteeing a spot on the first bid list.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by KDCat

I'd personally like to see the legacy tradition die.

I think it's awful that PNMs get dropped from legacy chapters because the chapter doesn't want to put them on the first bid list if they are invited to pref. (Not everyone does this, but some do.) Some of those ladies might be a fine addition to a second bid list and end up matching. Some of them might end up having a really great pref and moving up on the bid list after the pref party.

Not to mention other chapters releasing her because they don't want to "waste an invite" on someone who is presumed to be going to her legacy chapter.

[BadCat25]

My chapter at a northern private 8,500 undergrad university, and I think this is true for most of the chapters at my school, only considers same chapter legacies where legacy mom has been active in the chapter alum association in one way or another or if we get real pressure from the national org like a phone call from the national president. Every year we got irate phone calls from a non chapter legacy mom about how we cut her dd. I was assigned the job one year of answering these calls and it was not a pleasant experience.

[pinapple]

Originally Posted by BadCat25

My chapter at a northern private 8,500 undergrad university, and I think this is true for most of the chapters at my school, only considers same chapter legacies where legacy mom has been active in the chapter alum association in one way or another or if we get real pressure from the national org like a phone call from the national president. Every year we got irate phone calls from a non chapter legacy mom about how we cut her dd. I was assigned the job one year of answering these calls and it was not a pleasant experience.

I hear you on that one but the chapter should be make the phone call first so they have control of the conversation.

On an opposite point, it is equally as emotional for Rho Chis who have to pick up the pieces of legacy girls who are released for reasons they don't understand. The worst of the worst at UT this year was a young women who lost her sister this year and at the time of her death she was an active at another University in Texas. IMO there are times when you simply don't release a legacy. Again IMO this was one of them. But this PNM ended up at a house that she loves and they equally adore her. I am also confident that it stings a bit to know that is yet another lost connection to your sister.

[LAblondeGPhi]

Originally Posted by pinapple

I hear you on that one but the chapter should be make the phone call first so they have control of the conversation.

Gamma Phi's policy is to let the legacy break the news to the legacy-maker in her own way. We do not require phone calls or explanations from the chapter.