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Sorority Alum

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I'm active with an alumnae group that helps PNMs secure recommendations. Most of the girls we work with rush at SEC schools and we see the same issue with legacies year after year. SO many are released by their legacy chapters, and some are double and triple legacies. Last year, we had a legacy whose mother was president of her sorority's alumnae group over a huge metropolitan area--- the daughter got released right before pref. I know of one released legacy whose great-grandmother had been a FOUNDING member! It's disheartening for those of us who come from an era when legacies were rarely cut. I mean, she pretty much had to have a felony record. It is disappointing to see so many PNMs not get to carry on their family's affiliation with a sorority. In the SEC, the major problem is sheer numbers. A few years ago, one Ole Miss chapter had enough legacies coming through recruitment to fill their pledge class three times over. A record number of young women are going through recruitment these days -- and they're a generation with a larger number who have educated mothers. In my day, it was about 50/50 as to whose mothers attended 4- year schools with an opportunity for Greek Life. Now, it's more girls and more legacies competing. Different dynamics, but one thing is constant -- PNMs and the alumnae behind them feel an extra sting when a legacy chapter doesn't extend an invite. It's a hard reality, though, and PNMs need to know that legacy status guarantees nothing.