Are you a legacy?

[Peaches-n-Cream]

I was not a legacy. My sisters are, but there was no greeklife at one sister's school. My other sister was too shy to rush. I was not happy, but what could I do.

In my chapter we had two sets of biological sisters. One sister's biological sister rush but chose another sorority.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by Cream
I was not a legacy. My sisters are, but there was no greeklife at one sister's school. My other sister was too shy to rush. I was not happy, but what could I do.

In my chapter we had two sets of biological sisters. One sister's biological sister rush but chose another sorority.

I wasn't a legacy, and I don't think my little sister will rush. She's still got two more years of high school left though . . . that's enough time to work on her.

My chapter has three sets of biological sisters, including one set of twins. The twins both rushed at the same time, and one went to Tri Delta while the other one went to ABC. The one who went ABC ended up depledging, and the year after that she joined her sister here.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by lauradav
This rarely occurs primarily b/c the chapters will usually release the legacies they are not as interested in but I would imagine that chapters that find themselves in situations like that usually inform the legacy connection of the situation beforehand (as in before rush starts they inform the legacy connection of the number of legs going through and that they are working with national officers on how they will comply with the legacy policy).

I think we discussed this situation before (and yes, I'm too lazy to do a search right now!). I was Rec Chair when we had a few undesirable legacies come through. Their legacy connection MUST be informed prior to pref that they will not be invited to pref. Inviting a legacy to pref = bid. That's why it's SO important to get to know the legacies ASAP, so they can be released beforehand if necessary.

I will not even do into the drama of a 5-generation legacy who's had relatives on Grand Council! I would not wish that situation on my worst enemy!!

[oceanphi01]

Actually, I found out after I had accepted my bid to Alpha Phi that my grandmother is a SIgma Kappa and joined at Georgetown College in Kentucky (not sure if they still have a chapter there or not). I'm not sure if I wold have gone that way because I didn't know and Alpha Phi just felt more like home to me. My real little sister knows she's a legacy and wants to be an Alpha Phi, but I told her to go where she's happy.

[Tom Earp]

Legacy does not arbitraily mean that you will get Associated!

It gives the person a step in the door! If they are a Troll, they will not be Associated!

Rush watching must:

ANIMAL HOUSE!!!!!

I was a short OTTER!!!!!!!

[GPhiBLtColonel]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Good question...similiarly, I'm a GFB who wants her mother and aunt to consider AI. Are they legacies?

Two years ago, we AI'd the mom of a then-collegiate Gamma Phi from UGA in the spring...then a few months later, her other daughter rushed at UGA and pledged Gamma Phi. I was the mom's sponsor -- she is now our Alum Chapter's VP - Programs! and on her AI form I described her as a "reverse legacy!" It was my own term but thought it fit the situation! We have another mom of a current collegiate Gamma Phi who is interested in AI -- another "reverse legacy" - Yay!

I was not a legacy -- my grandmother never went to college -- my mom went to college for maybe a year -- if that long -- and she said she went thru rush and had a bid from Kappa but decided not to accept it because she was going to leave college to get married. It was the early 50's and that's what many women did back then.

My much younger (24 years!!!) biological sister went to Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles and they did not have a Gamma Phi chapter. She pledged Theta.

I have two sons and one wants to attend the Air Force Academy in 7 years -- he just turned 11 and starts 6th grade in the Fall. Colorado is where Gamma Phi's Hqtrs is and our Theta and Tau and Beta Rho chapters are there, so maybe he will meet (and marry?!) a Gamma Phi Beta!!

My 9 year old wants to be a paleontologist -- not sure what university is best for that & if it will have a Gamma Phi chapter....

[AlphaGamDiva]

i am an AOPi legacy as my older sister is an AOPi at transylvania university.....she was the first person to go greek in my fam, i am the second....it would've been super cool if we both could be in the same GLO, but i just felt more at home with the AGD chapter at my school. i would love love love for my mom to be an AI, but i wouldn't even think of putting her in the position of choosing bwtn my GLO and my sis's....so for now, she can just sport the "AGD Mom" key chain i gave her in her Christmas stocking.

[RedFox]

I am a legacy to both D Phi E and SDT...but I have neither at my school...so I'm hoping when I rush, I find my new family!

[ees125]

Not sure if Alpha Sigma Alpha considers aunts legacies, but if so, I am a legacy to ASA. However, I did not know this until after I pledged Alpha Gam, and to be honest I am glad I did not know. Went through much more unbiased. I also feel I ended up in the right place for me...can't wait to have some legacies of my own someday.

My Dad is a Sigma Pi alum, so my brother will be a legacy there. He starts college in Fall 2004, and seems interested, so we shall see.

[CardinalSM]

I am a ZTA legacy through my mom, but we do not have a ZTA chapter at my school. I really love what I have learned about ZTA through my mom, she used to be an advisor for the chapter at Stetson. So, if I had gone through rush at a school w/ ZTA I would have looked very very closely at it. My Grandmother is a Chi Omega, but in Chi O, only sisters and daughters are legacies, so I am not technically a legacy for Chi O. My Great Grandmother was an AOPi and so is my Grandmom on my dad's side. A few girls in my pledge class are chapter legacies through their moms and we have 2 pairs of biological sisters.
My little brother is a Pi Kappa Alpha legacy through my dad, a Lambda Chi legacy through my Granddaddy and an SAE legacy through my Granddad. Most of the men on my dad's side have been SAE's or Pikes. Pretty much everyone in my family on both sides who went to a 4 yr school went Greek. I love it b/c they really support me!

[bruinaphi]

My mom and aunt are AGDs and my maternal grandma is a FM. Unfortunately, neither were on my campus when I went through recruitment.

I have three younger sisters. The first one was not interested in Greek Life, the second goes to Amherst College where they do not have NPC groups and the third will be a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania this year. She is not certain whether she'll go through recruitment b/c she'll be playing a sport. The suspense is already killing me.

[dzandiloo]

Originally posted by GPhiBLtColonel
My 9 year old wants to be a paleontologist -- not sure what university is best for that & if it will have a Gamma Phi chapter....

WEIRD! My 8 y.o. son wants to be a paleontologist too! We call him our little "Ross" b/c he is always spouting facts about different dinosaurs-especially the ones that have been discovered in West Texas. He likes to program the TIVO to catch every single show about prehistoric creatures, the Triassic age, and anything related! Guess we will start researching where he will go to college in a few years (as long as there is a LXA or ATO chapter there!).

On another note, I found out after I graduated from college that my grandmother was a Tri-Delt from somewhere in Indiana. She hadn't told any of her children...one day I was talking about killarney roses, and she said something like "I've always liked our Tri-Delta's pansy" When I asked her who she knew that was a Tri-Delt, she said "you mean besides me?" I was floored! There was no Tri-Delt at my school, but I was so sad that I didn't know...she didn't remember much about it--had pledged during the depression and didn't stay active for long b/c she married my grandfather.

[carnation]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Good question...similiarly, I'm a GFB who wants her mother and aunt to consider AI. Are they legacies?

Huh. I guess that ASLFRose and Ballerina have made me a legacy to AOII and XO!

[KillarneyRose]

Can someone shed some light on something for me? I never really did understand bid matching!

My sophomore year, a girl came through rush who was a legacy of our chapter. Her older sister, who had graduated 4 years before, was legendary because of the National awards she had won and was just an all around awesome girl. Her sister, the legacy, was beautiful, sweet and smart and everyone loved her. She made it clear that she was interested in being a DZ.

This girl came to pref, which would have put her first on our bid list, but she wasn't given a bid on bid day. She showed up the next night, though, with a few other girls we COB'd.

I never really gave that any thought until many years later when I started reading rush threads on GreekChat. Can anyone tell me from a technical standpoint what most likely happened?

Thanks

[kddani]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose

I never really gave that any thought until many years later when I started reading rush threads on GreekChat. Can anyone tell me from a technical standpoint what most likely happened?

Thanks

My highly technical standpoint (and sadly, probably the truth)- Pitt Panhel screwed up. It's happened a number of times that I can think of.
That's great that you got her through COB
Now, they tend to practically force the girl to sign the bid card (even if it's a house she doesn't want), which of course obliges her for a year.