Legacy policy outdated
by: ConfusedI keep seeing posts about how the entire pledge classes are filled with legacies but multiple chapters have stopped giving legacies preferential treatment. How does this work????
#1 by: Truthful 2018 RePost 🤨
Each sorority's Recruitment Committee consists of it's most powerful alumni, a few Chapter officers and 1 or 2 active members. They review PNMs apps, recs and respond to mommies' calls & contribution$ to honor their "legacy daughter". This Recruitment Committee determines how many PNM Chapter legacies will be honored with a Spring bid, usually by November 1st. Often for the top 4 sororities, there are less than 10 openings remaining for non-legacies.
The first recruitment rounds are called "cattle calls". Most junior & seniors take Chapter fines instead of attending these. They do not want to make fake conversation with "non-legacy walking casualties".
Non-legacies have a "very legitimate beef" with panHELLenic for not disclosing their limited opportunity to join the top 4 sororities. The past few years legacy versus non-legacy Recruitment results should be disclosed to them months in advance. Leading-on non-legacy PNMs about joining Greek Life in the top 4 sororities is "cruel and deceitful".
Commentby: Furious Sr. Srat 😣Jan 16, 2022 7:47:21 PM
Spring PNMs entered a long standing predetermined rigged sorority recruitment. There are more legacy PNMs than the top 3 have openings, more like 70-75 legacy PNMs for the top 3 this semester. Each sorority has a PC of about 60. The university and panhellenic should forewarn and prepare this large group of students of the harch reality of SMU recruitment. 🤨
The cattle call charade you participated in this month will anger and leave you with resentment toward the Greek system and the university. Each year there are about 250-300 newly shocked GDIs for the numerous reasons previously disclosed. 😮
The university and panhellenic has set a Spring semester timeline so a 100% refund of tuition and housing fee deadline occurs well BEFORE recruitment results are announced. Then a short 5 day period to drop courses and move out before the 50% refund is set. The 50% refund deadline is a Friday afternoon, not allowing the weekend for your parents to drive the dangerous wintery roads to move you out. All by design of the university and panhellenic. 😖
As a graduating senior, I cannot depart this university without trying to do my part to end this ongoing EVIL rigged elimination process. The university must add other social opportunities and events for non-greek students. The university gave me a great if not superior education. However, I am appalled each February to see so many beautiful 18 year old girls in a state of shock and depression. Which should be one the happiest and exciting times of their lives. 😩
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#2 by: K
You aren’t guaranteed a bid just because you signed up.
The chapters have the right to select their members
PNMs aren’t the ones doing the choosing. They are listing the houses that have decided to ask them back in an order of their preference. The system works off the house list not the preference list.
by: Best Advice 😏Jan 17, 2022 11:21:34 AM
For the top 3 sororities they usually have 70-80 legacy going through recruitment each Spring. They give bids to 55 legacies and 5 to other non-legacy top recruits. The remaining legacies are taken/stolen by the other top 5 sororities. It gives the other sororities the recognition they retained another top sorority's legacy. 🤨
SMU recruitment is for mainly its legacies for the top 3 sororities. Non-legacies should focus on one of top 4-6 sororities and be prepared to get cut late. If you are heavily Greek oriented be prepared to pledge 7 - 8 or transfer to a larger university with more sororities that have a larger percentage of openings for non-legacies. 😯
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by: psychoJan 16, 2022 7:16:51 PM
Let it go already. You have got to be at least 25 years old by now. Do you not have some kind of real life finally? You said you packed your bags right after rush and drove off in a snowstorm and forfeited your spring tuition because you only got asked back to sororities you were too good for. You are psychotic.
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