in honor of mother's day...legacy!

I had my legacy house at pref but put them second in the end and ended up somewhere else. No regrets. I am an OOS and my legacy was a lower old row. I went with one of the new row houses because I wanted to get a taste of the south but also felt more at home in a house where northern girls are clearly in the middle of everything. In hindsight, I think I would have been fine at my legacy house, but my mom was a member of a chapter that was not Alabama. I thank goodness she put no pressure on me. This needs to be YOUR recruitment and make decisions for yourself.

PS, I think the legacy thing gets blown out of proportion. Very few pnms I went through recruitment with felt like they had to pledge their legacy house and the chapters at Bama seem to realize that just about anybody would pledge something other than their legacy house. I think of the legacy house thing as a sort of backstop for most girls.

I am a legacy to a new row house and went with that legacy house even though I was preffed by friends at an old row house also. My house is considered middle of the road and the old row house has a lot of girls from my high school but most people here think it is higher. My third option was another new row house. I put my legacy house first and the old row second. I regret it sometimes but not often. It was better for me to get away from my high school friends because it sorta forced me to branch out. I am kinda shy so if I went to a house with a bunch of my friends, I would have just stayed in that group most likely. It is easier to stay with your group and sometimes I wish I took the easier route, but lol I see them around all the time anyway so its all fine.

In state old row legacy and I am in my legacy house. Regret because I was not in the popular group in high school but most of other girls were. I don't really fit in. Wish I did new row like something like dg or adpi. They seem good.

so my mom went to UA and was in an old row sorority that is considered top tier, and I cut them after second round and ended up pledging a different old row house. as much as it annoyed my mom, I knew I would not fit in to her house AT ALL. I know that I was lucky to have known so much about all of the houses ahead of time and I understand that most PNMs don't have this luxury. my advice to yall now would be to trust your gut and the vibes that you get from the houses. my sorority wasn't on my radar at all - I had no connections and I didn't know anything about them - but I trusted my intuition and now I literally couldn't imagine myself anywhere else.

moral of the story: if you love your legacy house and you feel completely at home and have no reservations, go for it. but if you're maybe not sure and you think you click with another house more, definitely DO NOT GO THAT HOUSE JUST FOR YOUR LEGACY STATUS. I know u think sharing that with your mom will enrich your experience but I promise if you it doesn't. obviously houses change a lot between generations so you cant expect to love the house just like your mom did. Vibes are real y'all.

TBH tons of kd, Kappa and chi o legacies go elsewhere these days if they are not from MB and mobile.

Lots of kd legs go chi o from Montgomery and alpha Gam from bham.

Girls wanting substance go alpha chi, alpha Gam and chi o.

Lots of chi o legacies went kd and tri delt. It's all over the place.

But the thing is. You aren't going to fit in to kd, Kappa and tri delt unless u are from those places and want partying and guts to be your number one thing. Just being honest.

Guys not guts lol