do legacies ever choose other sororities

Yes. Unless you have terrible grades or are a terrible fit, most legacies have a strong advantage to their legacy house out of courtesy to the alumna member. You should not knock your legacy house out until you meet other girls in the house. But, if it’s not for you, go ahead and rank them below a favorite house and make your own way.

You can't really drop a house, but I put a different house over my legacy house after Pref, and took a bid to the one I put first.

I didn't have a single thing against my legacy house. I would have been perfectly happy there, if that's where I got a bid. I just had a stronger connection at a different house, and their philanthropy had more meaning in my life. Luckily, my relatives that made me a legacy there didn't care.

I agree with the other comments though, that Legacies get dropped by houses more than Legacies drop their houses. There are so many legacies at this point, that some houses couldn't possibly keep all of them, sadly.

Several girls in Pc’16 did not choose their legacy sorority and in some cases, they were double and triple legacies. These girls were not dropped by anyone, returned to pref at the legacy house, and chose another that they felt for them better. I admire them for not settling.

I’m assuming if you know a decent number of girls in your legacy house that you’re either an in house legacy or from somewhere with a lot of girls who go to Alabama.
Unless you’re an in house legacy, I don’t think you need to be too worried about being cut because you’re a legacy to a different house. If you are an in house legacy, DEFINITELY emphasize that you are not set on just joining her house (“I chose to go to Alabama and go through rush because my older sister (or whoever) went here and I saw how much she loved Alabama and being in a sorority here, but I still want to make sure I have my own experience and can find a home away from home that’s best for me)
In house legacies are less likely to choose a house besides their legacy, but it DEFINITELY happens. Girls who are legacies from different schools generally feel much less pressure to stick with their legacy house and frequently choose different houses.

This past year, several girls pledged outside of where their sisters were IN house... i know it happened with an in-house Chi O legacy going KD and I think a DDD went KD too.

The year before, in PC'16, KD and Chi O both lost a lot of very, very strong legacies to other OR sororities and it was pretty sad bc the girls were some of the top girls going through recruitment that year.

In PC 14 and 15, KD lost legacies to Chi O and DDD.... AGD did well those years, but did not do well in 16.

So, yeah, it happens.

I agree that some OR sororities take legacies for granted or don’t really rush them to the extent they should. KD is being singled out here, but from the girls I know, KD does take their legacies but doesnt really care much about them unless they are their high school friends. Yawn.

I think that some chapters just have no clue what a real sisterhood feels like and that KD and AGD are filled with cliques where the other OR chapters are not as much.

On NR, which is awesome in many cases, legacies are not as treasured but everyone is treated well and welcomed. Zeta and Pi Phi do a great job making everyone feel welcome.