Rushing as a Senior?
 

I am thinking about rushing as a senior, but I graduate this Fall... So I would only be in for a semester, is that possible??

Also, I was at a different sorority my freshman year, was initiated, paid and everything, but had to get out at the end of the semester due to financial reasons after an automobile accident.

I read that after you are initiated you cannot join another sorority. With that said, the sorority that I joined freshman year is not at the school that I transferred to.

So does this prevent me from rushing?

If you were initiated into an NPC sorority, you may NOT join another NPC sorority at any time or at another school.

You already know the answer. As AZ- Alpha Xi wrote, this applies to NPC. We cannot speak for non-NPC sororities. If you're thinking about doing it anyway - don't. Just don't. Trust us, you'll get found out. Sooner or later. Guaranteed.

^^^^ particularly as the final semester senior who transferred and was in a car accident. I call troll.

Unless you transferred to a school that has local sororities, no, you cannot join another sorority.

What does that even mean?

It's not like I was trying to keep it a secret? I didn't know what the regulations were since I barely even got to stay in. Never got any of the things that I ended up paying for.

Do you know what your status is with your sorority? One of the things you paid for was life-long membership. If you were given alumna status (rather than terminated) you are still a member and will get something - something really great - for your money. If you don't know the answer, contact your sorority's headquarters and ask. You might not get anything/much from alumna status while you are in college, but it can offer a lot once you graduate.

Is this an NPC sorority?

On top of everything else, you are a last semester senior. At most colleges you would have a difficult time joining a sorority, even if you had not been initiated into another one on a different campus. Since I don't know your school(and you don't need to tell me) I can't say for certain, but I think your chances are slim to none that you would be extended a bid.

I'd be looking into alum opportunities with your sorority, assuming it's NPC and you've been granted alum status, because that's really your only option. I'd advise keeping the "getting my money's worth" and the "nobody told me..." aspects to yourself. Active alumnae will not be receptive to that.

Just because the sorority you initiated into is not at the school you transferred to, that doesn't make a difference. Sorry you didn't "get what you paid for" but that's the way the cookie crumbles. You may NOT join any other NPC sorority. As others have stated, check your status with your national and go from there. Alumnae life has plenty to offer, though a different experience than the collegiate experience.

OP, my comment referenced the immediately preceding post. Quite simply, you will be readily identifiable should you go through recruitment. If you are an initiated member of an NPC sorority, your attempt to join a different group will be easily discovered. Members of all of the NPC groups read this board. If you were a member of a local, you will stand out because final semester senior PNMs are extremely rare. Not only will your status materially impair your options, you may also be readily identified as "that poster" who thinks she didn't get her money's worth.

Speaking as someone who is a member of a community sorority, and was active while in college, who went through NPC informal recruitment as a second semester senior, (not my first time around the rodeo) who was graduating in May, and I didn't get a bid. All of the sorority women who I knew that were aware that I was planning to go through, encouraged me to focus on my upcoming graduation and life after college instead of going through recruitment. Looking back, I wish that I had listened, it would have saved me much heartache. I hope that you hear me when I suggest that you not go through with it.

If you were initiated into a collegiate local or an NPC, it's an even more important reason to not to do it, for all the reasons that previous posters have said.

Panhellenic... Alpha Sigma Alpha

What I meant is I registered and was initiated, but I was at least hoping to get my pin that my registration went towards. But I guess if I terminate my own membership, I don't get anything to show for.

If you resigned your membership (or were terminated) you would have had to turn in your pin, membership card, etc. - anything with the sorority's insignia, letters, and so on. You are no longer a member. The NPC ship has sailed for you. Let it go.

Unless there is an option for you to petition for reinstatement, of course. That may or may not be an option and is never guaranteed. But it's worth investigating.

In the event that I were to get re-instated, how would that work if the school I transferred does not have a chapter, and the fact that I would still be graduating this fall?

You need to contact your sorority's HQ (you never answered me as to whether you were in an NPC sorority). Every sorority has a different policy. There's no "blanket" way it works.

Regardless, it won't happen this fall. Things don't move that fast. You don't have any options as far as NPC membership goes because your initiated chapter (which you are no longer a member of) isn't at your current school.

Focus on graduating.

It was termination at my request.. as I said in my earlier post... I couldn't afford to stay in...parents wouldn't pay. I was a freshman, still had to pay tuition etc... I don't remember my options, but I think terminating my membership was my only option financially.

Hmm I thought I did. It was Alpha Sigma Alpha, so yes it is NPC.

Contact your HQ, that's where your answers will be. Good luck!

ETA sorry my bad, just saw your post on pg. 1

Reinstating your membership, if feasible, would make you eligible to participate in alumnae chapters.