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06-01-2005, 09:20 AM
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Can graduate students rush?
Hi all,
My biggest regret of UG is that I was never able to rush. I did get a chance to go to an interest meeting and really loved getting to know the different chapters. Anyhow, I've graduated and decided to go to a school closer to home for my graduate work. Since I'm still so young and really want this opportunity, I thought I would write and ask if graduate students are allowed to rush. (I'm really interested in NPC sororities).
I have the contact # for my school's Greek Life office, but thought I would write here first to see if it's a possibility.
Thanks so much for your help!
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06-01-2005, 09:28 AM
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I don't think you can rush for NPC sororities. I know that two allows grad students to remain active, but I don't know if they allow them to rush. However, some chapters of Alpha Phi Omega allows grad students to rush. That could be a nice alternative, depending on what you're looking for.
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06-01-2005, 09:32 AM
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Well, although I'm not NPC...I think that there are a *few* that will allow graduate students to have collegiate standing, but you'd probably want to check the various national websites and you can get that from http://www3.telus.net/greek/.
however, you might want to look into Alumnae Initiation if the rushing route is closed to you and you're still interested, although it is a lot of work (but worth it!).
If there are local sororities, you mighthave to approach them on your own accord rather than through rush, as their rules of initiation and membership are probably different from the NPC sororities. I believe my local sorority has initiated graduate students before, but because our school doesnt have a huge graduate program, it's not "regular". We've had several older initiates in organizations here...one fraternity initiated 9 guys last year with an average age of 25. Most of them were exchange students and one was just an old fart coming back to get another degree (he's really nice though!).
Good luck!
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06-01-2005, 09:37 AM
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Alpha Xi Delta allows graduate students to pledge, as does Phi Sigma Sigma (I believe). If you'll do a search, there's a thread on here that mentions some of the NPCs that allow graduate students to pledge.
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06-01-2005, 09:48 AM
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The school I'm going to has some chapters that allow grads to rush, so that's a really great start! I'll check the board for that post you mentioned so I can find out about the other sororities at my school.
Thanks so much!
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06-01-2005, 10:04 AM
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As far as I know, only AXiD and Phi Sig allow graduate students as members of the collegiate chapter.
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06-01-2005, 10:06 AM
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Here's one of those threads. I know there's another one somewhere that I posted in...but this should help.
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06-01-2005, 11:32 AM
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We had this come up on our campus and
We found that all NPC groups signed a non-discimination policy, which does state, among other things, they they do not discriminate based on age. We had a couple of grad students rush, and I think one pledged, though I'm not sure.
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06-01-2005, 11:34 AM
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Re: We had this come up on our campus and
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Originally posted by theta4life
We found that all NPC groups signed a non-discimination policy, which does state, among other things, they they do not discriminate based on age. We had a couple of grad students rush, and I think one pledged, though I'm not sure.
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But that wouldn't really count as age...it's academic status.
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06-01-2005, 11:46 AM
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One thing to keep in mind- just because a group CAN pledge a grad student doesn't mean they WILL. I hate to bring in the "southern" rush thing, but we know how it can be
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09-21-2006, 01:35 AM
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One thing to keep in mind- just because a group CAN pledge a grad student doesn't mean they WILL. I hate to bring in the "southern" rush thing, but we know how it can be
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Exactly. My alma mater is not in the south, but I cannot imagine the houses there pledging a grad student either. Just because an EO allows it, doesn't mean it will happen on a particular campus. And I'd venture a guess that it never happens on campuses with competitive rushes.
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09-21-2006, 01:41 AM
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I was in a new national system in California and I still can't imagine a grad student being offered at bid at my school. I just don't think the undergrads would feel a grad student would fit in with the chapter, no matter how wonderful a person she is. She's already "been there, done that" in regards to college and might not find it very enjoyable to socialize with women (and men) years younger.
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10-04-2006, 08:47 PM
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some more info
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that the man from Greek life got in touch with me. He contacted all the HQs of all the NPC orgs on campus and learned that the vast majority of them do allow graduate students to join. So, if a grad student wanted to go through recruitment she could. I'm waiting to learn which sororites do and which ones do not allow grad students. I will put up another post when I find out.
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10-04-2006, 08:58 PM
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Good luck!
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10-04-2006, 11:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scarleteriberry
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that the man from Greek life got in touch with me. He contacted all the HQs of all the NPC orgs on campus and learned that the vast majority of them do allow graduate students to join. So, if a grad student wanted to go through recruitment she could. I'm waiting to learn which sororites do and which ones do not allow grad students. I will put up another post when I find out.
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Thank goodness he did that! Very wise of him to have that info.
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