This has been happening for years - it was going on when I was in college @ UF in the 80s.

Many of the chapters there (I know for sure KD, DG, DDD, ADPi, ZTA) have voted on each sister who wants to affiliate...and sometimes, the girl is not "approved".. it's not as easy as it sounds.

I remember in my days, there was a lot of debate over a KD sister who wanted to affiliate with our chapter. She had been over to the house & was real sweet, but some of the girls just did not want her to affiliate. Thankfully, she was accepted, but it really divided up our house - worse than rush, because this was a KD SISTER!

Yes, it's sad - it tells you a lot about your sisterhood. But when you have a house of 150 women, you're bound to have a few bitches! (sorry, there's no other term to describe those heartless people...ugh, I was never proud to call them my sister!)

I thought I'd add my 2 cents...

I'm not sure whether the affiliation process for my sorority is meant for members only (like membership selection), so I'll skip over that part...

However, I do agree with those of you who say that chapters of the same sorority are different. I've met sisters who would (& have!) fit into my chapter very easily, & I've also met sisters who do not make a good fit with my chapter. This is not to say that all of my chapter sisters are alike, or that there is something wrong with the differences, but that the compatibility is just not there. However, is this grounds for denying affiliation? Is it enough to say that the difference between cutting an incompatible rushee & affilating an incompatible sister from an other chapter is the spirit of sisterhood?

I've never heard of anyone going to a college with the motivation of transferring & affiliating with GLO of choice until I read this thread. I think it's asinine to do that, I love being a member of my sorority, but maybe that has something to do with being at a Big 10/Midwestern school. It would seem cheapened to go somewhere with a better shot of getting a bid. It seems like a slap in the face to the initiating chapter. "Hey, you aren't good enough. I just came to make sure I can affiliate eslewhere." Also, if you think you wouldn't get a bid at the affiliating chapter, are you sure you would be compatible with the chapter? Yes, great girls are denied bids due to quota, but it just seems like it could be a problem.

What happened to going to university to get an education? :confused: I mean, how much does sorority membership impact your life after college to the point where you'd transfer schools? And, from my experience with friends and attending another school for a semester, it's really difficult to pull up stakes and go to another school--and most women have a legitimate reason for doing it.

This is going to sound bitchy, but I think most of the girls who would do this are mostly concerned with their MRS degree.

It's not bitchy...I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to come out and say it. :)