Cutting Legacies

[WhiteDaisy128]

I know a freshman who was cut from a sorority where she was a double legacy (Mother, Grandmother & Aunt all were this--all maternal btw) and had 5 recs written for her (mother's and aunt's sorority sisters and alumni groups were DETERMINED for this girl to get into this sorority). Worse yet, the girl's mother was a member of the same CHAPTER (went to the same college) that cut her!

ToBeSororityGrl, notice that she said "I know a freshmean who was cut..." - so don't assume it is her that she is talking about, though it could be. We can't really know for sure.

Well, anyway, I'm a DG legacy (my mother) and all through out childhood, all I ever heard about was DG. I could never have imagined joining another GLO. I did end up with DG, but that was because they colonized here at the right time. I think my mother would have been proud with any of the GLO's on campus...but there is something awesome between us when she put her badge on me at initiation!

[kateshort]

Actually, sorority belle first said that "she knew someone" but then revealed that her account was actually about her *own* experiences.

[maggieaxid]

I am playing devil's advocate here.....Is it possible that she/you became an overzealous legacy and it bothered the sisters a bit?

Take for example Sorority Life 2 (not that its entirely real life AT ALL) but it will illustrate my point....if you have seen the first episode where janel and that other girl run into nichole and nichole says something like "well i know i am gauranteed a bid" and how the sisters got angry at that statement and it was like nichole had to prove herself even more.
Iwonder if thats what happened here. Even though words may have never been actually said, it may have appeared as if this PNM could have acted like she was gauranteed a bid bc of being a legacy, apparently getting all these recs and having a lot of friends in the organization.

Also, do you think it is possible that by sending in too many recs and making a pnm sound like she is the best thing on the face of the earth is a little annoying too? has anyone had an experience with too many recs on one girl???

[BGKdLady]

I was thinking the same thing as Maggie. We had a legacy come through once and the girls wanted to drop her. She had an aloof attitude at our house and seemed uninterested. We called her sister who was a recent grad of our chapter as a "courtesy". She explained that her sister had told her how relaxed she was at our house and what a nice break from the rest it was. She wasn't necessarily thinking she was guaranteed a bid, just that she was "home" and relaxed. She ended up being an awesome sister.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

I really have never seen sororities cutting legacies. I have heard of a legacy dropping her sister's sorority, but never the other way around. It seems pretty cruel to drop someone whose mother, grandmother, aunt, and/or sister is a sister not only to the rushee but to the sister or alumna as well. I mean imagine growing up and your whole childhood is about becoming a sister of ABC. The women in your life are all about ABC. All of a sudden you go through rush and get dropped after a few minutes at a party. I would be pretty hurt if my chapter did that to my sister or hypothetical daughter.

[UF56]

I know a girl that was dropped first round at our school and she was a double legacy to the chapter at our school (meaning both grandma and mom were sisters in this chapter at my school) not only that her mom was the chapter president.....one of my best friends was also in this chapter and when i told her about it shes like it had to be a mistake there is just no way that she would have been cut first round....so sometimes it is a mistake...with over 1300 people rushing mistakes are bound to happen. The sad thing is that they cant just go back and add her to the next round at our school and this chapter always takes over quota so there was no snap bidding options but the girl found a home and she seems really happy there but I must say her mom was POed in a major way...but maybe things happen for a reason...

[nucutiepie]

Originally posted by honeychile


Has anyone else ever been Rec Chairman?

honeychile

I'm currently Recruitment Chairman for my chapter. I'm just getting the hang of all these rules but since most of the girls haven't decided where they are going to school yet we haven't recieved any recs.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by nucutiepie
I'm currently Recruitment Chairman for my chapter. I'm just getting the hang of all these rules but since most of the girls haven't decided where they are going to school yet we haven't recieved any recs.

I just realized that I should have been more specific - Rec Chair as in recommendations, not recruitment. We had those as two separate offices. Although, I was both (at different times).

If you need a shoulder to cry on, pm me! I consider Recommendations Chair one of the most thankless but interesting jobs of any chapter!

honeychile

[breathesgelatin]

Originally posted by honeychile
I just realized that I should have been more specific - Rec Chair as in recommendations, not recruitment. We had those as two separate offices. Although, I was both (at different times).

If you need a shoulder to cry on, pm me! I consider Recommendations Chair one of the most thankless but interesting jobs of any chapter!

honeychile

We have a similar setup--with a Recruitment Chair and a Membership Chair, who handles recs and voting and all like that.

I'm Membership Chair.

[nucutiepie]

Originally posted by breathesgelatin
We have a similar setup--with a Recruitment Chair and a Membership Chair, who handles recs and voting and all like that.

I'm Membership Chair.

Ohh! We have the same thing, and I'm Recruitment Chair! BreathesGelatin, if we were in the same chapter, we would be counterparts

[Prettyprincess0]

Originally posted by lilkel244
Yeah I understand the difficulty in legacies. There is two in my colony, but they were treated like every other sister. But on a different chapter on my campus (one knows for skinny blonde beautiful girls) they have a girl they call "the legacy" She is a heavyset, homely, not so amiable girl and while she is a sister, she is never treated as such from the chapter. Her mother and her aunt are both from the same organization and her grandmother was on national council for it. So she was given a bid, but never really got a sisterhood. They don't invite her to things such as formals and socials with fraternity and when questioned about her they are rude and tell you its because she is a legacy.....I am suprised she hasn't dissaffiliated or talked to her family members and done something about it yet.

Who's the "skinny blond" sorority. I used to go to Hartford so I was wondering how things have changed over there. Thanks

[LeslieAGD]

Has anyone had a situation where a legacy cut your chapter, changed her mind, and then was offended not be on the next invitation round list?

[kddani]

Originally posted by LeslieAGD
Has anyone had a situation where a legacy cut your chapter, changed her mind, and then was offended not be on the next invitation round list?

This sounds a little sillly. Cuts aren't "revocable."
My bet is that she was offended b/c she got cut from the other houses she wanted, so she was mad she didn't have a fall back

[LeslieAGD]

Originally posted by kddani
This sounds a little sillly. Cuts aren't "revocable."
My bet is that she was offended b/c she got cut from the other houses she wanted, so she was mad she didn't have a fall back

Well, I've seen it happen at my school, so I was wondering if it had happened to anyone else. (But yes, I'm sure you're right!)

[carnation]

I bet what happened is that she "regretted with interest" and then hoped to be asked back if her other sororities cut her.