He/She mentions "frats and sorors," which typically (please correct me if I'm wrong) denotes an NPHC or MC organization...

All NPHC say frat and soror but only some MC say it.....anyway....I believe he/she should hang in there. Though the process is the longest I've ever heard of. If he/she really wants it he/she should stick it out. Maybe he/she should reevaluate why they are doing this and if they want to continue.


Also, I'm kind of not believing this person for some reason. If you are going to use frat/soror, you aren't usually going to use pleding in the same paragraph. And since they are spilling their guts, they might as well say the rightful word that goes with frat/soror (which most definitely isn't pledging). Something is off. Or am I reading too much into it?
:confused:

I'm with you on that, Soror! It was feeling a little funny. And, the person STILL hasn't come back to tell us.

The suspense is killing me!!

Theta Nu!!!!!!!

ONE Luv!!!!!


I don't think it's real. Probably what people around here call a "troll." Then again maybe not. It's a little shady to me. But I don't think we'll be reading anymore.

I am kinda suspect about this because if this individual was really having these concerns and they were pledging an NPHC organization they'd know how to get answers to these questions.

I think I might not do that if I were that org...it'd be too easy to loose people over breaks, especially if they don't know when initiation is...

I'm pretty sure it's Chi Omega that purposly has initiation after long breaks to give new members time to really think if they want to join (I know they do at WIU and I'm pretty sure it's an international policy)...but they also know their exact date of initiation upfront when they start their new member period. (any Chi-O's correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm 90% sure this is correct info)

Why was my post deleted? :rolleyes: Somebody's pressed.

Imperial1

Imperial1 your post will have been deleted by a forum Moderator [the site administrator can also delete but this is rarer).

The forum moderators for Greek Life are: amycat412 and ZetaAce. Two very nice individuals. NO-ONE other than them (usually) can likely tell you definitively the reason(s) for deletion (unless that person can read their minds). You can find out yourself why it was deleted by simply reading the Site Rules here, and seeing which one(s) your post conflicted with.

Posts may be deleted by a moderator at any time at their sole discretion. If after reading the site rules, you still do not know "why" you can PM either one of the moderators and they can tell you why they deleted it. My ID and the IDs of everyone else bar them are not listed as moderators for Greek Life... so I suggest you ask the only two people who CAN exercise their discretion to delete what made them so act, over your post.

Thank you. :)

I thought Chi Omega held off on initiation so that the new members' grades could come in - as many NPC sororities used to do - but I'm not a Chi O, nor was Chi O represented at my school, so I could be dead wrong.

When setting the length of a new member period, you have to strike the right balance between giving the NMs enough time to meet the sisters/brothers and their pledge sisters/brothers, learn about the org, and decide if they really want to make that final commitment, vs. not making them wait so long that they begin to wonder if they'll ever be initiated, lose hope, and depledge.

<----not trippin about my post being deleted. Just FYI. :cool:

Imperial1

That could be too...maybe the "giving them time to decide" is just something they say at WIU to make it seem like it's more for their benefit...I dunno

What is wrong with saying frat/soror in the same sentence with pledging? Every group doesn't go by the same terminology.
The other people that are pledging with him are probably far apart because they went home for the summer and it's probably difficult to get them all together to do "special activities."

Are you trying to start a chapter because if you are trying to start chapter, sometimes it would take longer for you to finish than a regular line. If you all are pledging a chapter either you all are doing something wrong (not uniting as one) or the chapter is mad disfunctional. If you are seeing internal problems within the chapter, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE....

In general, organizations that say "frat/soror" do not pledge, rather they have MIPs.

"pledging..."
 

When I was in college one of my very best friends was in an nphc group and she called it pledging...Of course I went to a very very small southern arkansas school. (We only had about 3000 students including commuters.)

Re: "pledging..."
 

I'm turning into a troll! I need anti-troll venom!

First, your best friend told you about pledging???????? :confused:
Is discretion a lost art or what?

Second, the NPHC outlawed (for lack of a better word) pledging sometime in the late 80's/early 90's. Does someone else have the actual date??