I'm tripping that this chick wants to go into COMMUNICATIONS...

Little girl, this is a messageboard for those who are in, alumni of, or are bound for college. Please make your posts reflect that level of education. You sound like a 12 year old in an AOL chatroom.

She already said she's a Tri Sigma.

How lucky for our Farmville Four sisters...

yeah i thought about depledging a lot..but everyone told me not too so i just stuck it out, b/c i just figured that i'd transfer to a different school with the same sorority. i was just initiated last semester and i didnt think everyone made such a big deal about everything. so i thought it would be ok.

i chose an awful school your right, but i didnt exactly have much choice in where i could go. I have a learning disability therefore many of my test scores were VERYY low.

we'll see

Ahhh, thanks -- I read most of her posts, but was anxious to cut to the chase!

Kinda like changing health clubs, right?

I'm surprised one of them hasn't been here two throw in their 2 cents.

I'm sure they don't want to touch this thread with a ten foot pole!

Which can be just as awesome as finding a school with an active chapter. Transfer to the school that will give you the best education for your major, and then look for a local alumnae group to join.

You can't be serious. Practically every college has a communications major. If they don't have communications, they probably have journalism...or PR, or English. Pick one of the above and you'll be prepared for an internship at least.

I MUST laugh at your comment about not being able to get into classes at your small college. If you're complaining now, wait until you go to that large university you're trying so hard to get into. You won't be able to get any of your top choice classes until you're a junior or senior and have the credits. Sure, the classes may have room for 700 students, but you might be competing against 39,300 other students to get one of those precious spots. GOOD LUCK.

I was thankful I had the scores to get into the honors college. All honors college people got to register before the general population, so I never had problems getting whatever...but I do know others who did...

Am I just reading this wrong? You seem to think that Missouri and Illinois are "out west"....:eek:

If so, you need to SERIOUSLY brush up on your geography.

what school are you at?

west, midwest...same difference..haha im just from the east coast so thats west for me(illinois).

How do you find out about alumnea(sp?) groups? What kind of things do they do? Does it act the same way as the other sororities on campus? we have agirl in ours who was a transfer, and we accepted her. i dont know what the process for that was. I think all it is paper work.

my mom actually talked to a girl that she works with who is in a sorority and asked her about changing to a new one. and she said that all you do is turn in ur pin and stop giving dues to that particular sorority. maybe thats an old rule or something.

people are right many schools do have Communications, but it ends up just being journalism or like interpersonal communications..stuff like that. my path is geered for like MEDIA studies.. media relatons, which is like the study of film, working at a tv station, stuff like that. because I cant write as you can probably tell, i need something more hands-on in that field, more on the technical side. I mean at my school i'm not sure for others, we have like 6 comm classes that open each semester & only one time is offered for that class. we have 15-25 spots in them. and only certain classes are offered every so many years, so if you dont get into ur basically screwed. but its just notin my major, its the whole school practically..people seriously think its because the school wants your money so they try and keep you there longer.

YOU CANNOT JOIN ANOTHER NPC IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN INITAITED, REGARDLESS HOW CRAPPY A MEMBER YOU ARE TO YOUR FIRST SORORITY AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU TURN IN YOUR PIN.

PS WEST and MIDWEST are NOT the same thing.

SmartBlondeGPhiB from Puget Sound, WA? Do you live in Asia?

Just make sure you tell that to the Director of Greek Life at your new school. I'm *sure* they will understand.

Lilxcutie88, Tri Sigma has a great website that you probably should be utilizing right now instead of GC. It took about 90 seconds to go to this page, select a state, and then click on any of the cute little globe links to look at different alumnae chapter websites.

Also, perhaps you should be contacting your local chapter adviser (or any member of your chapter's advisory board) for advice and guidance. You're going to get much better answers from your sisters and possibly a few contact names at other collegiate or alumnae chapters in the areas might be considering.

gollliee..you dont have to be sooo mean about it. goddd...
girl is like 30, the rules probably changed.

When/IF you register for recruitment at your new school ... you'll be asked "Have you ever been an initiated member of an NPC sorority?". Are you going to lie about that?? If so, how good a member would that make you??

No, that'd be me. I'm in Hawaii -- so I'm the one in Asia.

Lilxcutie88, KSUViolet06 gave you your options. I'd listen to her and not what your mom's friend's daughter's roommate's 2nd cousin said.

Anyone west of the Mississippi must have chestnut eyes. Therefore, SmartBlondeGPhiB is Russian.

This makes me really glad that I decided to register for GC.

Wow...she's OLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

How'd ya like that SWTXBelle??

yeah i know! thats why i really dont want to join another one. thats why its so hard to find schools with my sorority that have all the characteristics i want for my school.
i told my mom about that and she was like "does tell them you've never done one before" and i was like "well they ask you during rituals if u've been in one before..lieing would be like almost sending your soul to the devil, b.c thats how serious they take it"

Perhaps this should be in NPC trivia, (except I am asking because I don't know the answer) but does anyone know when NPC passed the unanimous agreement that a woman may not be a member of more than one NPC sorority? Was it in 1902, and the only cases of dual membership would be between the older NPCs and the ones that joined in 1951? (Or people lying of course)

the lady was in a sorority and did just that..turned her pin in and switched. thats why i am guessing that probably the rules have changed.

how do you start a new chapter at the school? maybe i could do that....

There are people older than that on here, and they will tell you, the rules have NOT changed.

Are we on Candid Camera? I mean, really???

Alpha, be careful. I was on the receiving end of a most pleasant and eloquent PM from Lilmissxcutie88 bemoaning my evil post. Apparently she has a learning disability and therefore must be the reason she cannot spell or write using proper grammar.

Just be forewarned...

then i dont know what to tell you....

Please don't.

Also, REE1993 -- just because someone has a learning disability does not give her carte blanche to cop an attitude with people who are trying their best to be patient with her. She's been given great advice and has been steered into the right direction, but apparently that's not good enough for her.

DITY? is the GC equivalent of "is this Candid Camera?"

no no she told me that i'm writing like a 12 yr b/c of my grammar skills and she was making fun of the major that i have chosen Communications.
I got really really really offended by that.
my learning disbalility has nothing to do with the way i'm acting.
i've taken the advice...if i go to a different school that doesnt have my sorority then i think i might try to start one. i just have to figure out how you do that. it just made my more sense to me just to go to one that has mine if you know what i've mean. i've only been in it for a semester so i would like to continue with it.

Are you thinking about starting up a chapter of Tri Sigma or starting a brand new sorority on your own?

Both entail two very different processes and require lots of hard work. It sounds easy, but it isn't.

Maybe you'll listen to me...or maybe you'll go find someone who will give you the answer you want to hear. Either way, I'm going to try to be nice (which is hard) and help you out.

1. You need to PM KSUViolet06. She is a tri sigma alum, a national volunteer and can help you as a sister.

2. The long and short of the matter is, you need to put your education in front of your sisterhood. If that means transferring to a school without a chapter then it's what you have to do. If you need a group of women to belong to at your new school, live in an all-women's dorm, join a knitting group or volunteer for the girl scouts.

3. Sure-you can disaffiliate, but you still can't join another NPC sorority. Maybe your new school has a local sorority that will want you. It's your only choice to become an active sister at a school without Tri Sigma. And there's no guarantee that they'll take you either.

4. A lot of women find that going alum is very rewarding. You can get involved with your local AA and meet more sisters.

5. You've got what, 3 years left of college? If you love Tri Sigma as you claim to, you can still stay a sister and be involved even if you're not active anymore. There are hundreds of other clubs you can get involved with at college. I had just as much fun with my taekwondo club friends as I did with my sisters-more in some cases.

6. The NPC unanimous agreement is not bullshit or 'gay'. Please don't use the word gay to describe something you find stupid. It's offensive, especially to me because my big is actually gay and I love her with all my heart.

Have you considered the University of South California for media studies? :) Also, what about Marist College in NY State? They have your major and a tri sigma chapter.

Um, WoW! How disgraceful that you would consider betraying your organization like that.

Seriously, refer back to your membership manual, ask your VP-Rit if you can see the rit book.....seriously, girl. Remember the vows you took.

MEMBERSHIP IN A SORORITY, FRATERNITY, SERVICE ORG, WHATEVER GREEK ORG IS FOR LIFE. Not until you need to transfer and your org isn't there.

I'm sorry that you think the rule is 'gay'. I pitty the org that took you.

I don't know if you're at JMU now, but there's a Sigma chapter there. There are also some wonderful schools in NC with Sigma chapters. All have communications programs.