Pledged 2001 fall now pledging is called NME(New member education.

Fall of 1986.
First semester, Freshman year, having decided that I wanted to pledge Alpha Phi Omega before I walked onto campus. Actually got my first service hours before I went to Freshman Orientation.

Randy

Alpha Phi Omega...Spring semester, Freshman year
Beta Sigma Phi...Fall semester, 2nd year of grad school

Pledged Beta Sigma Phi in July, 2004. ..22 years after my college graduation!

Second semester freshman year, Mar 99

I pledged Alpha Xi Delta the fall of my soph. year.

I pledges TBS my second semster, sophomore year, and The Gamma Sig Reactivation process stretched between my second semster junior year and first semester senior year.

LOTS of people pledge stuff at my school thier last semester of enrollment....but then they usually come in larger classes of 30, 40, 50, (or more) people...

I was initiated my senior year in college:D

I pledged Alpha Xi Delta the fall of my freshman year, Fall 2005.

I pledged Alpha Sigma Tau the spring of my freshman year, Spring 2001.

OPhiA --- second semester of my sophomore year.
DST --- second semester of my senior year.

Pledge Fall freshman year 1991.

26 member pledge class - largest on the row.
16 initiated.

Pledged the week before my first semester, Fall 1993. Wow...I was only 17! That was a long time ago!

Junior year--began in Oct., crossed May 17. Just celebrated 38 years in my glorious sisterhood.

winter quarter of junior year

APO - second semester of freshman year (Spring '92)
KAP - post collegiate (Winter '07)

This thread is interesting. Notice the number of NPHCers who pledged junior year and the NPCers and IFCers who pledged freshman year.

Part of the reason is that for most NPHC orgs you must be at least a sophomore to pledge.

I pledged fall 1996 - First Quarter of my Freshman year! :D

Never Pledged!:)

Founded a local and affiliated with LXA during the school year and was Initiated in 1966. So local was Founded in 1965! Graduated in 1967.

I feel I missed a lot but did not in the same vein for what I did!:D

I became a Founding New Member in Fall '00, my 1st semester of Freshman year... And became a Sister in Spring '01, 2nd semester of Freshman year. (I was one of a handful of the youngest Founders - everyone else were mostly Juniors, Seniors or in the Graduate program)

I pledge in the Spring of 1996. I was in my second semester of my freshman year of college.

My RUSH experience was a little different than most since I was a Founding Sister of my Chapter. I pledged and was initiatied in the Spring of 2007 when I was a 1st semester Senior.

I pledged Spring 98 2nd semester freshman

First semester freshman-Fall 1993

I joined Sigma during formal recruitment (fall) my sophomore year!

That's often based on credit hours. So you can be a 1st year in "sophomore standing." But most people reach sophomore standing in their 2nd year.

I pledged Junior year.

I pledged my sophomore fall (Fall 2005)...our school has deferred recruitment so only sophmores can rush.

Holla for Butler U!

wow, now i know what OTW is...

we are so >here< I pledged fall 2005 as a first semester senior and my line reactivated the chapter!

NICE!

holla at all my senior year greeks!

i know sometimes we forget that we've posted in a thread in the past but... man.

(jus bustin your chops Butonz ;) )

I pledged Chi Omega as a freshman in the fall of 1975.

Spring 1995 (theta class!!!)
2nd semester freshman year :)

Spring of my 4th year. Had to carry on the old-guy-pledge tradition...

actually i think most NPHC orgs you have to have a minimum of 12 credits, therefore meaning second semester freshman...but it must be that alot of schools dont allow freshmen to got thru Intake.

Some require 12 credits.

But most require sophomore status which is generally 24 credits. That's why people tend to be sophomores (and up).

If it's done simply by credits, that's weird. I had more than 12 credit hours prior to starting college after passing AP exams and CLEP exams. Would I then be eligible for NPHC membership as a first semester freshman? Hypothetically, of course!

depending on the org and if you met their other requirements, yes.

Yep, 24 semester hours, 36 quarter hours. So yes it has been done "freshman" year when someone entered college during the summer, and/or had high school AP credits rransferred and received the number of hours as a second semester "freshman". More likely on a semester system than a quarter system, because of timing. ;)

As 12dn said depending on the org. But for Delta no, you would have needed 24 semester credits PLUS the GPA requirement. And to get a GPA you would have needed to attend at least one semester of college to establish one on the official transcript. So even with the credits, you would not have been remotely eligible until second semester freshman year.

That makes sense!