amen!!!!!!!!!!!

You may want to go to the Kappa Delta website and look for "The Norman Shield" that is the name of their new member manual. I t is available on line now. It is a week by week account of what is discussed, what is to be done, "assignments" as you call them, etc. Maybe you could use it to help you pace your program a little better. But seriously-4 to 8 weeks is the minimum/maximum that most groups do (I think).:)

I think its a darn shame that a person who joins a sorority or a fraternity not be asked to take an exam that tests them on the history, rules, regs, and etc of the organization they are seeking membership. How harmful is it to test their knowledge? They are not being placed at risk of death or injury. When people become a part of an glo and do not know the greek alphabet that is a sad day in greekdom. How can these people defend their org if they do not know its history? That means that there are people in these orgs who do not know jack about their own orgs history. These colleges and universities should start conferring degrees to people who just simply gravitated to the school because they like the look of the campus-- to hell with midterms and final exams because that causes mental anguish to the students.:confused:

When I was a pledge, taking my exam actually was really fun. It was a take-home exam, and when it was due, our pledge moms and the class got together and went through it. The girl with the most answered questions got a prize.

Reading through it was really funny, because on the question about DPhiE's policy on hazing, one of my pledge sisters answered in this sweet voice, "We do not haze." (Which is true.) The stress of spring semester must have been getting to all of us, because we all started laughing, even her!

Alpha Delta Pi's new member program lasts 6 weeks. All new members must be initated by the 6th week.

As of this fall.... New member sessions consist of bonding and getting-to-know you activities that also include discussions about the sorority, its values and the values of the individual.

Independently, members complete a brief series of online tutorials with online quizzes about ADPi. This culminates with a final on-line quiz of multiple choice questions. There is also a portion that the new member coordinator gives, which is a fill-in-the-blank about the local chapter's history.

Anything given to new members in terms of quizzes, gifts or activities, must pass through nationals and be approved.

New members must get at least an 80% on the Initation Exam in order to be initiated. They may retake it as many times as necessary to make that score. Post-initation years, the collegiate members all take a yearly International Test in order to remain members in good standing, which includes questions about sorority history, geography and hierarchy.

D Phi E does have a test that NMs take, but it's completely open book. You can use any materials you want to when you take it, and it's not meant to be hard. I mean, if you're taking this test, and you don't know something, you're looking it up to learn it, and then you do know it. Like the other D Phi E on here said, it's not meant to be hard or punishing. It's used as a learning tool, as it should be.

We have weekly quizzes and a Final Exam for APO. Without them I doubt as many people would know the history of the brotherhood. Plus, memorizing the greek alphabet is always fun!

I am not disagreeing with you... but I just wanted to point out that it is entirely possible to know about the history of your organization and of Greek organizations, even the Greek alphabet, without taking a written test.

Our nm period is longer than most NPCs on campus. I think it's about 11 weeks or so. We give quizzes every week of the nm period as apposed to the BIG test at the end of the period. Quizzes cover history, rules, philanthropy info, the greek alphabet, who all the other greeks in campus are (well, unfortunately, not ALL of them), what all the committees do, etc. Basic "need to know when you are active" stuff. If a nm can't pass the test the first time given, she has multiple times to pass it after. Retakes are given on later meet ups. If the group cannot collectively pass all the quizzes initiation is delayed until they do so.

Just throwing in another Local perspective.