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by: Clever
Comment#12by: non-chapter legacy
To @pnm:
Glad your mom took your legacy cut well and glad you found a house you love. A couple of things I've noted from your post and some others:
First, chapter legacies do get "first look" at many schools, not just OM and not just in the South, but at lots of schools with a competitive Greek system. Second, even top tier houses at OM are cutting chapter legacies so it's not just non-chapter legacies who are let go.
Third, my house looks at all legacies very closely, not just chapter legacies, and if think they are not a fit, we cut them (even chapter ones). And there are some girls from OOS with no connections to top tier houses who get in so I suspect your cut was likely because of this.
And last, you listed your honors, etc. Unfortunately that describes loads of girls going through rush here so even being a legacy with an impressive resume isn't enough.
Hope you continue to be happy in your house!
#13by: roommate
My freshman year roommate had a crazy mama in fact wouldn't be surprised if she was the one with the cookies... her mom practically lived on campus in the days leading up to rush making sure her daughter went to the right places, looked put together going to class, etc.. etc... I even overheard her telling roommate that she shouldn't be spending so much time with me because I was "a nobody and would pledge a lower tier house"-- (for the record I am and I did and am very happy). Roommate HATED her legacy house but her mom made damn sure she didn't go anywhere else showing up every day during rush to go over exactly what she should wear, say etc... on bid day she even ran to the house with my roommate and told her "We did it!"-- it was really really creepy and deranged if you ask me. Roommate ended up transferring to a school far far away sophomore year- she claimed it was because of her major but I suspect it was really because of her mom!
by: Sanity
These crazy moms seriously need to get a life. And maybe therapy LOL. This makes me glad my mom wasn't in a sorority!
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#14by: lol
we had a mom that actually called the house and demanded that we drop her daughter because she WOULD BE going XYZ no matter how much she loved us and it would be in everyones best interest if we just went ahead and cut her. ha ha ha ha. And for the record we did cut her who needs that much mama drama - and her legacy house cut her as well- glad I wasn't a member there to deal with that!
by: Yikes
That makes me sad for the girl. If her mom called you, she must have known that the girl really liked you all, and it isn't her fault her mom was a nut job.
On the other hand, I'm sure it wasn't the only reason she got cut, and a mama like that would make me nervous too. Yikes.
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by: Cat
Her mother needs to stay out of it and should not be getting up in the middle of her daughter's crap. No telling how many mothers have ruined their daughter's chances.
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#15by: Not Crazy (kinda)
I'm a momma and I'm not really that crazy, but I'm also not a liar.... I absolutely loved my daughter pledging her legacy house. I was a member a much smaller out of state school and feared she could be dropped due to lack of connections. We were both prepared and she entered HER rush with HER eyes wide open. She is happy, so subsequently so am I. Rush can be stressful for mommas too because we don't want our children to be hurt and rejected, but certainly no excuse to act a fool!
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by: Happy
I absolutely harbor no ill will toward my legacy sorority, I still have several good friends that I met during recruitment that are members of that sorority. The way I look at it is they are still the sorority sisters to my mom. However I don't think all legacies are considered equally. For the top tiers Ole Miss connections are going to be given preference whether it's legacy or high school/hometown connections. Honestly it's those connections that get you invited to the informal recruitment events where 95% of the decisions are made. I don't have a problem with that at all, each sorority has the right to choose who they want and how they make that decision.
You are so right about the impressive resumes! I left my school as one of the 'star/popular' girls. I came to Ole Miss and discovered lots of girls with amazing resumes, made me look like a slacker! I ended up in a middle tier sorority and you couldn't throw a stick and not hit a former cheerleader, class president, homecoming queen or 4.0 student. I truly think the Ole Miss Sororities attract the best.
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