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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Unrelated to KSigRC's humor, can anyone speak to whether guys use legacy forms in any meaningful way? I know that being a legacy isn't a guarantee of anything at all, but with the NPCs, there are forms to officially notify the chapter of your family's connection to the group without having to name drop. Do guys use those or do they tend to backfire, in a "if you were a legacy who mattered, we'd know about you already" kind of way?
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Hoover: Kent is a legacy, Otter. His brother was a '59, Fred Dorfman.
Flounder: He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.
Otter: Oh, well, usually. Unless the pledge in question turns out to be a real closet-case.
Otter, Boon: Like Fred.
Kidding aside, some fraternities use some sort of legacy form. Many times, the only real information they want to know is if the rushee is a legacy.
But what is more common - but still may not be that common on some campuses - are letters of introduction. The letter might say that the rushee is an ok person and that the chapter might want to invite him to events and get to know him better.
Usually, the better the fraternity member (alumnus) knows the rushee, the more likely the rushee may be invited to rush parties. Especially if the member sending the introduction letter is well respected within the chapter and/or fraternity as a whole.
If the letter of introduction is for a legacy, it “should” carry more weight. But in the end, it is up to the chapter to decide if the rushee is a good fit for the chapter and worthy of a bid.
All in all, since on most campuses there isn't an IFC quota nor IFC chapter total imposed on the chapter, a legacy - if he meets the chapter's standards - may be considered a "bonus" as it were. In many cases, legacies may be rather desirable depending on how well their (bio) brothers and/or father (what ever relation or legacy status applies) are connected / regarded to the chapter or to the fraternity.
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
On a lot of southern campuses, the most traditional groups are often regarded as being the strongest groups. So perversely, the OP may find himself in a bind that the groups that most appeal to him in terms of reputation are likely to be the very groups that are most likely to reject based on orientation.
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When I was an undergraduate at UK, most so called “top tier” fraternities had at least one open gay member. Maybe every chapter. This was in the late 1970s and there didn’t seem to be such a brouhaha regarding one’s sexuality as there is now.
I don’t know if they were open at the time they rushed or if they came out later. But it seemed that most everyone within the UK Greek community knew. And at least publicly, there wasn’t any negative talk nor adverse affect on their chapters. Maybe because at the time, people - in general - were simply more private about their personal life and the UK Greek community (in general) respected that.
