From a 30 year old to another: Are you crazy? I pledged at 26 and was a bit afraid I might die from not only the pace, but the relative insanity of juggling my grown up world with my college world. (Not to imply that collegians are not grown ups, but that there are simply a different set of responsibilities 99% of the time, and to combine those results in chaos more often than not.) If you decide to attempt to pledge, seeing as how actually pledging any org is not simply a matter of YOUR decision alone, I wouldn't expect a bunch of sunshine blown up your rear. Our age brings a lot of "What the heck are you thinking?" kind of looks. You're not going to get all positive remarks from any direction, with the exception of Mr. Earp and other 30 year olds asking the same question.

Wow. Quite possibly my snippiest post to date. Whoo hoo for me.

un-unh! don't send her here! :mad:

Honestly it isnt that weird that you want to join now. Can you keep up with the actives I dont know thats really up to you. But my chapter just [FONT='Times New Roman','serif']initiated two olderish women. One who is 29 is an active member and keeps up with us and the other who is 45 who is still working on her undergrad but it a member of our alum chapter. I mean at first it was a little weird when she came to our Rush events but we really loved her personality and we didnt want to deny her the sisterhood because of her age. Depending on the sororities policy you may be able to join a junior circle which is an alumane chapter for younger women around the ages of 22 to 35ish[/FONT]. So if I were you I would just research you may not have to wait till graduate to join. Hope that helps. Good Luck!!

My dear friend, you made my morning with this quote.

I love this.....

Oh and as for the poster actually pledging a sorority....does she understand that positive attitude is always a good attribute!?! lol

Welcome to GreekChat.

Please take the time to read the forums so you can get a feel of what it's like to post here.

The person who started this thread is talking about NPHC (hopefully they still talk about the NPHC in your New Member Manual). NPHC organizations handle their membership intake very differently than we do, so the things you suggested don't really apply.

And as far as Junior Circle goes -- I know that there may be other NPC sororities that have similar groups, but as far as I know, "Junior Circle" is unique to Alpha Gam.

If you are truly committed to successfully earning your degree as an Adult Learner, I can't imagine why you would want to join an undergraduate chapter.

You will have nothing in common with the younger women.

This is such a bizarre question to even ask for me... I'm about to turn 25 next month and I couldn't imagine pledging again now... I LOVED those years of my life, but you definitely grow up and outgrow them (by 30 at least). And if you don't... then I probably wouldn't want you in my sorority to start with.

i wouldnt say its absurd, uncommon is more like it. you probably wont have much in common with the younger ladies in the chapter. as far as the intake process, well i'ma leave that one alone since, i'm not in a sorority, and i dont even know which org you're lookin at anyways. but what it all boils down to, is are you gonna be committed to serving the org, and being an asset to the org, and not the org being an asset to you. but all this is contingent upon you gettin invited to participate in the intake process.

and yo, you could have written this thread without the attitude. you're the one asking us for help, not the other way around.

Oh dear...I do hope you review grammar...yes, some of us do tend to jump too hard on new folks...but I wouldn't provoke an attack. Unless you're a troll, of course.

The stuff you both typed is something that we may have told her at the start, but then the end of the opening post was just nasty. So of course she got told how people felt.

this blanket statement is not necessarily true...I pledged undergrad as an "adult" or non-traditional student...it depends on the chapter and it's chemistry...

I was at the tail-end of 20 but anyone 18+ should be an "adult." :p

Regarding nontraditional students--some campuses are commuter campuses where the Greeks tend to be 25+ when they cross, anyway.

Plus, some chapters work closely with the graduate chapter and allow graduate students at the college or university to closely affiliate/associate.

I think we're being redundant. Why's this thread still going? :D

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not" -Kurt Cobain
;)

What the fuck? What in the hell are you talking about?

LMAO!!! i thought the same thing.

I'm mad this 2008 thread was bumped for a Cobain quote lol

Cobain is overrated.

Real artists don't take money from the government.

Tell that to Mozart, Haydn, or Handel.