Do I need to be a legacy

If me and another girl are competing for the last spot, and I have a better personality, resume, and gpa, will they keep a legacy over me?

They don't have 100% legacies in their chapter so having chapter connections is a big help.

The wild card is the internal politics of the chapter alums. If the controlling old ladies want a girl gone she'll be gone and if they want a girl to get a bid she'll be at the top of the bid list. So it depends how many extremes on either side there are, otherwise you have a decent chance if your grades and reputation are high.

For every house on campus, being a legacy to an Ole Miss chapter holds more weight than being a legacy from other universities. I know of legacies that have been given a bid and others who have not. If all things between two PNMs are equal, legacy status is a small bonus. If the chapter members want a non-legacy girl over a legacy, the bonus does not matter. Many sororities will invite legacies back after the first round as a courtesy to the alumna, but are not required to give additional preferential treatment.

Being a legacy to a chapter is not a guarantee for a bid. Some of the houses will have more legacies than their quota. Even if you are a legacy you still need connections.