what is the point of sisterhood
by: what is the pointSo i'm hearing over and over that sororities specifically drop their legacies just because they are legacies. Seems weird, but I keep hearing it. So what is the point of "sisterhood?" Really? If you are going to be a part of something and then they drop your daughter, then what is the point?
#1 by: Well
Commentby: ^Jan 31, 2014 4:41:13 PM
by: @wellJan 31, 2014 5:01:48 PM
Good point -- the OP wondered if anyone ends up in her legacy house and you assured her that you and 15 others did! Yes, sororities take about 15-20 legacies out of 75-80 size pledge classes. Sisterhood is not about your mom's college experience -- it's about yours. So join where you feel the best fit regardless of your legacy. If it's your legacy, then it's a bonus.
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#3 by: legacy
I'm a legacy in my house!! There are five of us in my PC. So, yeah, it does happen! Some houses just have a lot of California chapters and therefore are not able to accept all legacies, otherwise their entire PC would be legacies and that wouldn't be fair to other rushees.
by: really?Jan 31, 2014 7:10:26 PM
Not fair to other Rushees? If your mom gives loads of hours of service and donates money (as much as she can), it seems unfair to your mom (the sorority sister). Your priority should be given to your sorority sister not the "other rushees" Doesn't seem like sisterhood to me.
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by: legacyJan 31, 2014 9:05:41 PM
Hopefully your mother would want you to join the house that fits YOU best, not necessarily the one that she joined in college. I am a legacy for my house, yes, but during rush I had no specific intention of joining my mom's house. During rush, my mom wouldn't have cared if I ended up joining any other house, but now that I'm in hers, she thinks it's pretty cool!
Once again, sororities have no obligation to give bids to legacies. That's just not how it works. I was cut from my grandma's house during rush--it happens! The rush process is supposed to help you find your home away from home, and if that's your mom's house, great. If not, no big deal, you'll create your own legacy!
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by: legacyJan 31, 2014 11:20:22 PM
If they are going to drop your daughter then you aren't really creating a "legacy." So sisterhood is a lie.
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by: opinionFeb 1, 2014 2:26:05 AM
For me, sisterhood is about the lifelong bonds I make with girls in my house. My hypothetical daughter of the future will form her own, and it makes no difference where she finds them--in my house, in another, or outside of Greek life as a whole. Sisterhood is not defined as sorority legacy.
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by: which oneFeb 1, 2014 12:42:59 AM
by: sorority memFeb 1, 2014 10:10:50 PM
by: @sororitymemFeb 2, 2014 1:14:57 AM
Sorry, Kappa has failed on this count. One of my sister's mom's was a USC Kappa and they didn't take her, despite the the fact that she is pretty and smart. So glad she became one of my sisters and good friends. But just saying, her MOM was a USC Kappa not, a Wisconsin or whatever Kappa). I repeat, her Mom was a USC Kappa, and her daughter was pretty and smart. And she's graduated and doing amazing things, so Kappa's loss. And Kappa is doing false PR here.
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by: Row TalkerFeb 2, 2014 9:27:22 AM
Sorry but what you consider smart and pretty probably isn't.
Glad to hear she is going to be managing the Starbucks afternoon shift.
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by: @@sororitymemFeb 2, 2014 2:08:12 PM
by: dg Feb 2, 2014 4:58:59 PM
I would say that 80 % of my DG pledge class was legacies. Some were double legacies.
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by: @dgFeb 2, 2014 5:53:15 PM
by: ^Feb 2, 2014 10:57:00 PM
#6 by: -
sisterhood isn't about doing favors for members who were in a house at a completely different time with completely different people. houses change, and daughters are not identical to their mothers: what worked for a mom might not work for her daughter. sororities factor whether or not they think a rushee will be happy in their house into their decision making. for example, a really social house, no matter how much they like a shy rushee, might not take her because they think she'll be uncomfortable. i've seen this a lot. it's never mean-spirited, and a lot of girls are really sad, but they know it's for the rushee's best interest. you ultimately end up where you belong, and it might be a different house from your mom because you're a different person. the priority is to make sure that each rushee joins the house they belong in and feel comfortable in, and that the sorority feels like they get girls they have things in common with and with whom they can bond. again, daughters aren't necessarily their mothers, and while legacy is important, it's more important that you're actually in a house you belong in, not the house you think you belong in because that's all you've been exposed to. sisterhood is not about getting favors for your daughter. it's about forming individual bonds with different women,and i wouldn't call that pointless.
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by: okayummmmJan 31, 2014 3:22:48 PM
ummmmm....well.....you told your story , but it doesn't really answer anybodies question or address the question above at all. Hello, it isn't all about you.
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