Legacies - Page 2

adpiucf · #1 04-09-2004, 05:23 PM

Adopted children are legally your children, so yes, they are a legacy.

FirstAndFinest · #2 04-09-2004, 05:26 PM

That is an interesting question! I mean, do you ask a woman if she's rec'ing her daughter-by-birth or is this her daughter-by-adoption?

gphib_95 · #3 04-09-2004, 05:27 PM

Does anyone know ChiO's policy? My husband's sister is a ChiO and i'm just wondering if my future daughter will be considered a legacy.

XOMichelle · #4 04-09-2004, 05:30 PM

Our legacy policy is a daughter, grandaughter or sister one. However, like adpiucf said, I think if she lists her aunt as a Chi Omega she will be looked upon favorably.

NutBrnHair · #5 04-09-2004, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by XOMichelle
Our legacy policy is a daughter, grandaughter or sister one. However, like adpiucf said, I think if she lists her aunt as a Chi Omega she will be looked upon favorably.

Point of information... Chi Omega's policy states that a legacy is the daughter or sister of a member in good standing. (As Michelle stated -- any other "relations" would certainly be viewed favorably!)

kdonline · #6 07-11-2006, 08:02 PM

Kappa Delta has considered step-mother/daughter relationships as legacies at least for 20 years. This came up the first year I participated in rush as a sister.

KSUViolet06 · #7 07-11-2006, 08:12 PM

Currently, Tri Sigmas legacy policy includes sisters, daughters, and grandaughters. We still encourage those alumnae with cousins, neices, and stepdaughters (or other relations not included in our policy) to submit a reference form for them, that way they are brought to our attention during recruitment.

adpiucf · #8 07-15-2006, 06:41 PM

It is sounding more and more that if you are a legacy you should send in whatever documentation you need to your legacy sorority ONLY, and not mention it on your application or advertise it during recruitment in any way. It sounds like being a legacy is as damaging to a PNM's options at recruitment as a bad GPA or questionable reputation!

adpiucf · #9 04-09-2004, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by FirstAndFinest
That is an interesting question! I mean, do you ask a woman if she's rec'ing her daughter-by-birth or is this her daughter-by-adoption?

Your daughter is your daughter, if she is legally and/or biologically your child.

We had legacies at my school where we knew they were adopted, and they were counted as legacies. It's at your discretion to mention in a rec if your adopted child is adopted. Carnation of Greek Chat has adopted beautiful daughters who are counted legacies of her sorority, and who have also pledged at other sororities, where their adopted sisters-in-waiting would also be counted as legacies.

Carnation, care to chime in?

TSteven · #10 04-09-2004, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by crzychx
Sigma Kappa considers sisters/step sisters, daughters/step-daughters, granddaughters/step granddaughters, & nieces/step-nieces to be legacies.

That's great! My sister-in-law is a Sigma Kappa so my other brother's daughter (our niece) is a legacy with three sororities.

Adelphean1851 · #11 04-10-2004, 04:14 AM

I wish ADPI did neices. I have only one neice who will be college bound in a few years. Her mom went to school late in life and never affiliated so i'd love to be able to rec her as a legacie. Of course, I could always convince my Sis to AI...

adpiucf · #12 04-10-2004, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by Adelphean1851
I wish ADPI did neices. I have only one neice who will be college bound in a few years. Her mom went to school late in life and never affiliated so i'd love to be able to rec her as a legacie. Of course, I could always convince my Sis to AI...

Or you could write your neice a recommendation

ADPi chapters appreciate recommendations of close or distant relatives, friends, etc.

Remember, a legacy is not guaranteed a bid, nor is someone with a recommendation. They are given an extra bit of courtesy out of respect to the sister who recommended them. It's not a fail-safe device to get into the sorority.

lauralaylin · #13 04-10-2004, 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by NutBrnHair
Point of information... Chi Omega's policy states that a legacy is the daughter or sister of a member in good standing. (As Michelle stated -- any other "relations" would certainly be viewed favorably!)

Someone else stated that a granddaughter was also a legacy. Which is it for Chi Omega? My husband's mother was a Chi Omega, and I was wondering if my future daughters will be legacies. I can't ask her because she died when my husband was 4, and none of my sisters-in-law cared about greek life so they wouldn't know.

carnation · #14 04-10-2004, 08:14 PM

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Originally posted by adpiucf
Your daughter is your daughter, if she is legally and/or biologically your child.

We had legacies at my school where we knew they were adopted, and they were counted as legacies. It's at your discretion to mention in a rec if your adopted child is adopted. Carnation of Greek Chat has adopted beautiful daughters who are counted legacies of her sorority, and who have also pledged at other sororities, where their adopted sisters-in-waiting would also be counted as legacies. Carnation, care to chime in?

Hey, that's so sweet of you to say that!

One of our biological daughters pledged Chi O in fall 2002. Our oldest adopted daughter came through rush again the next fall. Although obviously not sisters by blood, they were considered to have a legacy relationship...there was never any question by the Chi Os.

Our second oldest adopted daughter will rush in the fall. She has already been invited to lunch by one of her legacy sororities (on a campus where this is legal, guys!

) and no one has raised a question about whether she's a true legacy...of course she is!

CardinalSM · #15 04-11-2004, 01:38 AM

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Originally posted by lauralaylin
Someone else stated that a granddaughter was also a legacy. Which is it for Chi Omega? My husband's mother was a Chi Omega, and I was wondering if my future daughters will be legacies. I can't ask her because she died when my husband was 4, and none of my sisters-in-law cared about greek life so they wouldn't know.

When we were doing recruitment Fall 03, and the legacy info came up, I asked if I was a legacy in Fall 02 because my Grandmother is a Chi O. I was told that I was not, but the affiliation was known by the sisters although I was not considered a true legacy. Everything that I have heard and read confirms that I, along with other Chi O granddaughters, are not legacies! Only those that are sisters or daughters!