I guess I was right about chapter Alpha Frog.

But if a new member misses her NMMs then don't you think she misses bonding with her pledge class? I would feel really disconnected if I always missed chapter and other important meetings. Yeah we're in college to learn, but you also choose to be in a sorority, and pledge that it's one of your most important interests.

No, that's why there are membership retreats, socials and philanthropy events. And if a sorority chooses to schedule their meetings during a time when classes are being held, that's their fault, not the new members'. A new member should never feel guilty because she opted for a class schedule before she ever became a member of XYZ.

I don't know about other schools, but at UCF and USF, the admin seem to take pervere pleasure in complicating your ability to graduate on time-- hence "U Can't Finish" and "U Stay Forever." If you find a class you need, you take it ASAP... b/c they may decide not to offer it for another 4 years or force you to change your catalog and toss a bunch of other new requirements at you.

Well la-di-da for you. I still have yet to see where someone said all sororities have their NM Meetings on Monday.



NO.

Wow! Thanks to all of you for helping me out! I feel MUCH better!:)

I hope you decide to go through with rush, I'm really looking foward to a USF recruitment thread! I, too, am from the Bay area and many of my high school classmates went to USF and several rushed.
Best of luck!

p.s. I won't even touch the football subject . . . although UCF did make the trip to Gainesville last year :-)

okay, maybe i was quick to assume, but AlphaFrog, you were quick to jump all over me.

My sorority is one of the dearest and most important interests in my life, not just something to put on my resume or a way to have a social schedule. I'm sorry you don't feel the same way.

I still don't understand why a chapter would hold chapter meetings on a monday night, when classes may be in session. Bumping chapter to a monday night because of a holiday weekend is an exception. What's wrong with Sunday nights?

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I guess I was right about chapter Alpha Frog.

Well la-di-da for you. I still have yet to see where someone said all sororities have their NM Meetings on Monday.


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Originally Posted by DMCBlondie http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/im...s/viewpost.gif
But if a new member misses her NMMs then don't you think she misses bonding with her pledge class? I would feel really disconnected if I always missed chapter and other important meetings. Yeah we're in college to learn, but you also choose to be in a sorority, and pledge that it's one of your most important interests.

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So what are you disagreeing with? You went to college to learn? You chose to be in a sorority? Or the sorority that you chose to be in should be important to you?

I love my sorority, and I had fun in undergrad, and I'm on our district's education team, so I'm still involved, so it's obviously important to me. I judt wouldn't count it as the MOST important activity I did in college. I was a music major, and it's very demanding on your time. I would say for sure that Music and Miracles, which was the club devoted to my major, ranked above ASA in "importance", due to the fact that I was there to get an education. Also, all of the extra music ensembles came before ASA. I missed quite a few events because I had a concert or rehersal that I couldn't miss. And you know what? My sisters understood...I was initiated, even though I missed a few NM activities. I held an Exec position, even if I couldn't make it to chapter. A sorority is important to those who choose to join, but it shouldn't rule your life in college...and especially shouldn't affect your education.

Personally, as a new sister, I have to say that very few things that my pearl class did in meetings caused us to bond. Meetings are about learning about the history of the sorority, the Greek Alphabet, the NPC, etc. and to talk about upcoming events for the semester, important dates, and stuff like that. The real bonding came when we'd stay up into wee hours of the morning watching the Little Mermaid, helping one of our pearl sisters get ready for a date, going out together, spending the day in Manhattan, etc. If a new member has to miss a meeting for academic reasons but gets the notes from someone else, I think it's totally possible for her to bond with the rest of her class.

Exactly. You will bond with your NM class if you put in the effort. (But don't forget about the rest of the chapter too!)

I think the only intelligent thing to say is every school and every chapter is different. Some chapters have meetings on Sunday nights, others on Monday. Some NM programs foster bonding between new sisters and others are just informational. At some chapters it may be acceptable to miss new member meetings and chapter and still feel involved and "in the loop." However, at other chapters you may feel disconnected and left out if you do not attend regular meetings.

At my school, the majority, if not all, hold chapter meetings on Sunday nights. Chapter is a little fun and a little boring, but certainly not to be missed. Our new member program is focused on bonding and having fun as a form of retention. NPC at Florida State has 15 wonderful sororities and is very competitive. If we lose a NM because our NM Program was poor, then another house snatches her up.

Hey there!! Glad you are going through rush -- it's a blast, even if you don't end up joining a GLO. I can only speak for what my sorority does, but if you are a transfer, regardless of how many credits you have, we consider you a first semester sophomore for recruiting purposes, so it wouldn't be like you would be cut automatically because of your class status.

I also wouldn't worry about this. My chapter meets Sunday nights. Even if the house you joined met on Mondays, you would have an academic reason for not attending which is usually considered an acceptable excuse.

Best of luck with recruitment! Let us know how it goes and where you end up!

I think you are saying something that many GC'ers say on a consistent basis:

Chapters vary all over the country. I think it is GREAT that your particular chapter works hard to foster that sense of sisterhood during the NM period.

We had one chapter on our campus that had chapter on a night other than Sunday becuase they had some sisters who went to church both on Sunday morning and Sunday evening. So to accommodate thier beliefs, they moved thier meetings to another night. Plus many other leadership orgs had thier meetings on Sunday so if you were involved in the Student Alumni Board, Student Senate, or a professional fraternity you would literally be running from meeting to meeting on Sunday.
So I could see the advantage of holding some meetings on an alternate night- especially if it started after most night classes had ended (say 9pm or something).

Hey now, show some Theta love to your sisters at UCF!!!!