Joining a sorority and then transferring
 

Ok one thing that I hate is when girls(and sometimes this happens in fraternities too) rush a sorority just to get initiated and then transfer to a much larger school to affiliate with the chapter there because they know they wouldn't get a bid at the larger school. Why on earth would the person do this and why would the sorority allow them to pledge if they know its going to happen. This past fall a girl rushed Delta Gamma and got a bid, went through her new membership and got initiated. Well, everyone knew she was transferring to UF this fall but allowed her to become a sister anyways. Well DG here isn't the best sorority on campus as far as good looking girls, but at UF....DAMN! And she even admitted to joining DG at UNF just to affiliate with the "hot girl" sorority at UF. Why would a sorority allow this girl to become a sister if they knew this, and second, why would you want to affiliate with a sorority that when they obviously see you come fall, know that you won't fit in because your not in the "in" crowd. Are girls doing this, just that naive or what????? Help me out sorority girls!!!! :-)

This is my first time hearing something like this. I hope its rare.

I have no clue about this one. It's possible that they thought this girl would come around and perhaps can her mind about transfering once initiated. Maybe they thought this was just a rumor going around. Personally, I wouldn't want this person in my house if she was just joining so she could transfer to a larger chapter cuz they are hotter. That's shallow and low. There's a thread in the Rush forum about Blackballing. I've never done it, but if this situation came up...she'd be a goner.

Like I said... she's shallow (If what is being said is true). And in her mind she thinks that she does fit in with the DG's at UF. The otherside of that is, even though she knows she might not fit in, it is going to be hard for DG to not let her affiliate since she is already an initiated member. She's to a certain extent guaranteed herself a spot in the UF house by doing this.
If the girls at UF know about her reasons for affilating with them, they are stuck bewteen a rock and a hard place. I think its easier said than done to deny her affiliation. Not unless the UNF chapter brings some unsisterly like action against her on those ground and says to the UF chapter not to let her in and blackball her out of DG period. But that would be hard and maybe pointless.

In the end, if this gets back to the UF sisters and all the UNF sisters know, chick is gonna fall flat on her face....hard.

Well, seeing as how I am a DG here at UNF I guess I should reply. First of all I have no clue who you are talking about. I can't think of any girl who is transfering to UF this fall, from our chapter. Second of all, when a girl goes through recruitment, she generally doesn't announce that she will be transferring the following year. So we don't "allow" girls to pledge who we know to be transferring. And, you should know by now that UNF has a reputation as being a school that people go to for a year or two and then transfer. So its not like this is some random thing. People transfer all the time. And finally, I take insult to the way you reference DG on this message board. I feel I'm a good looking lady, and that we have MANY good looking ladies in our chapter. ALL the Delta Gammas I know are Beautiful women.

Yeah, I'm transferring to UF, too...
Just kidding. But after everything I've heard about them, we may just have to post pictures of them around the room during recruitment.;)

The thing is, girls don't care whether or not they will "fit in" but they care about the letters that they can wear around campus. It's why big sororities everywhere get whatever girls they want. If the letters look good, who cares what I do with the sorority?

You know, when I went DG, I was a sophomore, so I knew ALL the reputations of the sororities on campus. I had my heart set on tri-delt. It has one of the best reputations on campus. But, when I got into the room, I just didn't fit in. Period. That sorority's for a type of girls that I'm not. But when I walked into the DG room, I knew that's what was right. And even though I felt comfortable in other rooms, too, DG had the best reputation of the sororities I felt comfortable in... so I went that way. Sad, but true.

And I do admit I get a little thrill when I hear about UF or USoCal chapters, and how gorgeous their girls are... I mean, they're my sisters, too! And, let's face it, if I had realized what the reputation of DG was nationally (VERY strong) then I wouldn't have given a lot of other sororities a second thought.

Also, I've never heard of a girl re-affiliating with another school JUST so she can be in the "hot girl" sorority. Maybe she just happens to be transferring, I don't know. And anyway, from what I've heard about ALL the Florida chapters, they're very good chapters.

One More thing...
 

Just because someone were to transfer to UF DOES NOT mean she would get to affiliate as a collegiate with that chapter. For the most part, as far as I know, UF does not accept transfer girls to become active house members. They are Always at total there, so it would not be allowed. The girl would more than likely have to go alum.

I have heard of this happening at a lot of schools... most of the girls I know of who did it were from the South and went to schools in the West (with much smaller Greek systems than many Southern schools) for their freshman year, or just first semester. They later went back to Ole' Miss or UGA, <insert any other school with a great Greek system here>, to affiliate with the chapter they wanted to be in all along.

I guess I don't have a real point here, except to let you know that, coming from a smaller Greek system, it is not urban legend... girls do this WAY more than you think!

P.S. A side note, too bad for those girls though... that, in many orgs. I know of anyway, you have to have a unanimous vote of the chapter you are affiliating with to join... sometimes can be hard to get.

We had a sister from another school transfer to UF this past spring. Before she could affiliate with our chapter we had to have a chapter vote. In her case it was just a formality because she seems really nice and there weren't any problems, but if the chapter had problems with her, suspected she had bad motives for transferring or such then she's not automatically in. I'd assume other houses have similar say in who affiliates in.

There was discussion on this a while ago and it went about the same way. Some had never heard of it happeing others were aware of the situation.

Yep, it happens and usually is from a smaller Greek system to a competative one.
SORORITYGIRL2 I have heard of this happening at a lot of schools... most of the girls I know of who did it were from the South and went to schools in the West (with much smaller Greek systems than many Southern schools) for their freshman year, or just first semester. They later went back to Ole' Miss or UGA, <insert any other school with a great Greek system here>, to affiliate with the chapter they wanted to be in all along.

We, AXO, had very few transferes in or out, but it was true for one sorority at U of H in particular. They seemed to have a higher number of girls transfer out than the others. Were did they go? Exactly where sororitygirl2 said!

Carolina DG-The thing is, girls don't care whether or not they will "fit in" but they care about the letters that they can wear around campus. I only knew of one exception, she was from Hubby's hometown and planned on going to LSU. She loved her sisters so much she stayed.:)

I wish I knew where that thread on "purposely pledging a competitive group at a smaller college, then transferring to a bigger school" was. Didn't KillarneyRose start it?

But yes, it's done a lot in the South and it often backfires. Sometimes the new chapter doesn't want the girl. Other times they're open to it but chapter total rules don't allow them to affiliate her. Big Greek campuses here have to impose a rule like that or some chapters would advise all these girls to pledge at smaller colleges, then come to them--and they'd have 300 members.

Hey twigs. The girl that is leaving is one of your few girls that got initiated and kinda never hung out again..maybe that will help you know who im talking about. I've been around since you girls were called SIG's and *** was your founding president. And you weren't around back in the day like i was and you had some really bad girls as far as looks, but i will say this. DG at UNF from what i've seen has the best sisterhood. And after seeing your last fall rush you girls are getting a more diversified group of girls. I give you girls another couple of years to be super competitive with AXO and ZTA. Gamma Eta is coming to campus as well which i think is cool. And just to give you some inside stuff...there are two sophomore girls that are purposly rushing you in the fall to transfer to FSU to affiliate with the DG chapter there. I think it will be obvious to find out who they are now that you know of it. But i think its very wrong to not allow a brother/sister from another chapter to affiliate with you unless they had some problems with their previous chapter. If they have a good record with their old chapter, can pay dues, and wanna participate they should be allowed to affiliate without a vote.
Anyways twigs...hoped the info helped

When I went to school there was a girl who joined Delta Phi Epsilon because she knew she would eventually be transferring to another college which also had a D Phi E chapter. Her and one of her friends wanted to pledge at the same time and then when she transferred they would be in the same chapter. We knew about it, they knew about it, it was no big deal.

Why does it matter where she wants to be a soror as long as she wants to be your soror. I may be wrong but as long as she fulfills her duties does it matter where she does it. But thats just my opinion

Like everyone else said, the DG's at UF don't have to take her and most likely won't. Especially if one of them were to see this thread.... Which is a very real possibility.
I also wanted to say that one of the most wonderful things about all of our GLO's is that they are a national sisterhood. While I was active we accepted transfers from Iowa, Texas Tech, Mizzou and Oregon State and sent girls to our chapters at Michigan, Oregon and SDSU (different girl - this one was a great sister.) When someone makes a decision to transfer for academic or personal reasons I think it's great that they have the option of meeting their sisters on their new campus and therefore getting to know 100+ people right off the bat. Perks like that are one of the many good reasons to join a GLO. Don't you hate it when people abuse the system?

notorius i see your point, but me personally I would feel used that a person used your chapter to get initiated to belong to another chapter. To me thats wrong. Me being a pledge educator i wouldn't be happy I wasted my time trying to teach someone what true brotherhood is and then find out they used me to get initiated to join a larger chapter. I feel that when you allow someone to pledge your GLO that you are raising new people to take your chapter to a new level and creating long lasting bonds of friendship with them...not to get them initiated so they can leave you behind. Thats my thoughts on it.

Rude
 

UNFSigmaChi:
It is really easy to be annonymous and sit at a computer and say whatever you want, but you should practice a little self control. Personally, I think it is REALLY rude that you would say some of the things about this DG chapter. I don't know the situation first hand but I think you are overstepping your boundaries by pretending to know the internal happenings of these two chapters. Also, just because you knew someone 3 years ago doesn't mean you know what is going on. And if you really are that close with the DGs you wouldn't be talking shit about them here.
Way to go to the DG from UF who stepped up and gave SX a piece of your mind. I know that my chapter has been talked about on this board and I just sort of sat back and didn't say anything. Sometimes it isn't worth replying, but I think this is a pretty big deal and quite possibly a rumor. So, good job on speaking your mind. The lesson that should be learned here is:

1. Rumors are rumors, don't slander, who does it help?
2. Remember, just b/c people don't post or say much, they are here and do read these boards.
3. Yes, you are somewhat anonymous, but don't be an ass and diss people

Thanks for reading,
aw

Rude
 

UNFSigmaChi:
It is really easy to be annonymous and sit at a computer and say whatever you want, but you should practice a little self control. Personally, I think it is REALLY rude that you would say some of the things about this DG chapter. I don't know the situation first hand but I think you are overstepping your boundaries by pretending to know the internal happenings of these two chapters. Also, just because you knew someone 3 years ago doesn't mean you know what is going on. And if you really are that close with the DGs you wouldn't be talking shit about them here.
Way to go to Twigs for stepping up and giving SX a piece of your mind. I know that my chapter has been talked about on this board and I just sort of sat back and didn't say anything. Sometimes it isn't worth replying, but I think this is a pretty big deal and quite possibly a rumor. So, good job on speaking your mind. The lesson that should be learned here is:

1. Rumors are rumors, don't slander, who does it help?
2. Remember, just b/c people don't post or say much, they are here and do read these boards.
3. Yes, you are somewhat anonymous, but don't be an ass and diss people

Thanks for reading,
aw

Carnation, you are correct this was discussed before... I found it:

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...431#post101431

This does happen... I think it use to happen more, than it does now. The affiliate chapter does not have to accept the member... Most chapters’ vote, after a probationary period... and it does not affect the chapter regarding total. Even if they are at total, they can still bring in the member. The affiliating member, also, does not affect the chapter's quota at recruitment time.

Maybe AXD is unusual, but for us, the chapter the girl is transferring to has no say on whether or not the girl becomes active. The only group that has a say is her _old_ chapter. That is, if she's leaving school because she is psycho or something, the old chapter can basically say that they don't want the new chapter to have to deal with that. Of course, the girl herself can choose not to affiliate. But a sister is a sister. It seems to me that voting on whether to accept her is making her rush all over again. However, I don't think AXD has a big problem with people joining "easier" chapters to get into "better" chapters.

I really didn't "diss" your chapter. If anything I gave you girls a big compliment....i mean i think someone saying DG has the best sisterhood is a compliment. As far as sisterhood goes, it really outweighs looks. I thought I made that obvious but maybe you read something else. Ya our chapter now has some guys that aren't hotties, but I think our chapter has the best brotherhood so it doesn't matter. And what I said are not rumors cause I was there when the two girls said they plan on transferring to FSU after getting initiated. And I think when rush comes around you'll see who they are. And its not just DG, its AXO and ZTA too, but I just hear and sometimes see its more prevelant with DG. Thats why i used DG as an example since your the youngest on campus. And if you knew about this history of your chapter here at UNF, then you'd know that Sigma Chi was the first and ONLY fraternity to really help you girls by having socials/mixers, inviting you to formals and parties when other fraternities wouldn't give you the time of day. And I was one of those brothers, so i think i know a little bit about how DG is on campus. But once again in case you don't understand, just because someone says you may not be the prettiest girls, it doens't mean your not the best. I don't hang out withmany DG's anymore except your old school girls, im more of a ZTA guy and old school alpha chi guy myself. But that doesnt mean im still not in the loop on what girls do or girls rushing say. UNF is a small greek school and people know each others business wheter its good or bad.

we had three kids in one pledge class leave right after n\initiating, and we knew they were going to, but one found out in mid semester that his program was going to be better at UK, the other two tried it out, but then didn't end up affiliating and are trying to get back here...their parents won't let either of them

I think it's a shame that GLOs get labeled as "looks and status" orientated. Most of us -- although I guess possibly not all -- are so much more interested in the support, the sister/brotherhood, the values.

Coencidentally.... the one DG I've met was the sweetest, most beautiful, gentle little thing. :-) She spoke well for your sorority.

~ Jacquelyn

UNFSigmachi, you are talking to girls. We take offense to that kind of thing. You only said that they had the best sisterhood after you had already made the comment that they weren't very good looking. I think that looks are a sensitive subject. Especially commenting on them. I mean, who wants to be judged on that. I would have taken offense as well. I would never post my thoughts about an organizations looks. Whether intentions are honorable, it can still be offensive. As an outsider, the first post did sound as though you were judging their looks and was a little rude.

I do see that you are trying to give them a heads up about fall recruitment and that is a very nice thing to do.

funny story...
 

I got into a bit of a tussle with a southern alumna at our Convention last month. The hot topic this summer was alumnae initiation, which some of the older members, especially southern ones, felt would compromise our sisterhood. The woman in question told me that she felt only women who could "make it through collegiate rush at a school with a good Kappa chapter" were deserving of membership. She felt that Kappa was deteriorating as it was and that this measure would let the riffraff in. She insisted that I was too young and inexperienced to understand. I informed her that, as far as she was concerned, I was probably riffraff [I'm from a small, young chapter at a small, north-midwestern school and my family has neither prestige nor old money nor any sort of old, antebellum heritage], but that I was wearing a Key the same as she, so I was a sister and there was nothing she could do about it. I probably wouldn't have made it past first set where she came from, but more importantly, I probably wouldn't have ever wanted to be Greek there anyway. Everything she showed me in those five minutes proved to me that she knew nothing about the gentle sisterhood that I'd found at my chapter, the love that broke down my preconceptions and stereotypes. The situation almost came to blows (in the middle of a buffet lunch-- it would have been beautiful!) but our chapter president rescued me. Our chapter president happens to be Indian (i.e. her parents are from India), and the scornful look that this woman gave her... oh, it was priceless.

Why am I telling you this? Well, I came to find out later that this woman had originally initiated at a northern chapter and then transferred "back down home." She sent her daughter to the same school, where as a legacy she would be almost guaranteed a bid, and the girl was transferring to her mother's southern alma mater for the fall.

So the moral of the story? Hmm... well, people who have problems with "letting riffraff in" probably have a touch of an inferiority complex themselves. And yet those same people are the ones who we find hedging their bets by "sneaking in" at a school where there "aren't any standards for membership" and then transferring. All that for a girl to say that she's an XYZ from U of _____. I guess what I'm saying is that I feel bad for people with the attitude that a sorority is nothing more than a Greek-lettered status symbol. They're missing out on a lot of the joy that I've found in my sisters.

I'd like to think that a chapter invites a woman to membership because they believe that she will live up to its ideals. I'd like to think that they do this out of the desire to develop a friendship. I'd like to think that a woman joins a chapter because she feels she's found a home. I shudder to think of all the wonder I would have missed if I had gone to a different school, or even if I hadn't sucked it up and learned about an institution that I was convinced I didn't like. At a time when the Greek system is under fire, it is unfortunate that we are turning on each other, both between chapters and within them. All stereotypes are based in a certain amount of fact, and until we can minimize or eliminate that fact and convince people that being a sorority member is more than a stepping stone to Miss America and president of the Junior League, we're going to have an uphill fight to woo wonderful potential sisters out of hiding behind the walls of prejudice.

UNF_Sigma Chi- I really did see that you were trying to be helpful. but XiLovin is right SENSITIVE ISSUE. Besides, there's a world of different tastes in women out there. Southern girls, just go North and you will see what I mean ;)

KappaKittyCat- Honey, do I ever hear you! This whole town is full of 'em! It's kind of across the board not any one particular group however. Just be happy you don't walk out your front door and see them every day:rolleyes:
edited-OH THANK HEAVEN I'M NOT TOO LATE!!!!:eek:
In reference to Southern girls go north, let me add N girls go south, east go west etc., etc., It's the taste of something different!

alumnae initiation
 

While I personally don't believe in alumnae initiation for sororities, I just wanted to comment on KappaKittyCat's comment about the alumna she had a discussion with.

One thing we ALL have to remember is that many older alumnae were initiated during a different era - many colleges in the South did not allow minorities, much less co-ed dorms.

In fact, in the late 1960s, apparently, there was a huge backlash with sorority membership. I'm not sure of all the details, but it all happened as a result of the civil rights movement.

So these women are not used to people different from them being in their sororities. Yes, of course they need to learn to accept it - but they won't.

What can we do? Not much. Their time is passing.

affiliating
 

Oh, and as for the pledging, then transferring...

This has been going on for a long time...don't worry, the chapters at UF are aware that this happens - it's been going on at least since I was there 10+ years ago.

Most chapters DO vote on all affiliates. So, it's up to them whether or not to accept a sister.

Yes, it's a very touchy subject. And a chapter sister usually prefers NOT to discuss it with outsiders, because it's a painful situation for all involved.

Hey again, y'all. I wanted to make a response to my response... mainly because I think I sounded like a jerk in it...

OK, to my response about people caring about how the letters look... I'm not going to retract that, because I still believe in it, but I want to modify it...

This isn't ALL girls. Some girls come into rush with no legacy to follow, no preconceived notions. And, yeah, I wasn't one of those girls when I went through.

I'll give you a good example of something that happened with our chapter, which might be what happened with this girl...
One of our girls is from Virginia. Well, USC is actually quite expensive out-of-state, and our tuition just raised a lot this past year, so unless she got a scholarship, she couldn't stay. Well, evidently, she didn't. So, this year she has to go back to Virginia. Well, she just happens to be transferring to VT (which, from what I understand, has a VERY good DG chapter). She didn't plan this, and I know she'd much rather stay down here with us, the chapter that she joined, but she also is DG through and through, so she will probably try to re-affiliate up there. I can honestly say, though, knowing her that she didn't go into rush thinking that she might have to go back to VA and that they have this awesome DG chapter... she rushed DG because she loved the sisters and THIS chapter.

Sigma Chi, I'm so happy that you think that you "helped" the UNF chapter out, but I'd like to think that they helped themselves.

I personally didn't do a big thing to help the DG's out when they were still known as SIG's, our whole chapter did. I still even have my EX/DG St. patty's day pint class now that i think about it. :-)
And this whole misconception of people thinking that im looking at sororities on campus based on their looks(which i didn't mean it to be read that way) is wrong. Just as DG has girls that aren't "hot" they have some that are and so does AXO andZTA. Its just that on this campus, a lot of guys still have the perception of the not so hot sorority as being DG....and thats simply because they are still fairly new. And the next new installed sorority will become that stereotype as well. And DG will get another stereotype like...winning all the damn awards that Sigma Chi shoulda won during Greek week hahaha. Just like if someone asked who the easy girls on campus were both guys and girls would be like oh well thats obviously xyz. There are stereotypes about every org on our campus because we are so small. And I didn't mean for a whole tangent to go on about DG because it wasn't an attack against them. I just used DG because they are new and I feel that some girls rushing them will take advantage of them to get initiated and transfer...thats why i felt it appropriate of me to tell you that there are/will be 2 girls rushing in the fall that have told me they want to get initiated so they can transfer to FSU. Not to mess with your rush or whatever you might have thought. It just really upsets me when people purposly rush at a small school so they can transfer and affiliate with the chapter at the "real" college they want to go to. No dissing was intended or meant. I think it was both the way i worded it and the way it was read. Just wanted to clear the air(hopefully i did) so i dont have 50 or so DG's giving me the evil eye in august :-) Hey btw, when is Terri K coming back to town???

My sister transfered after being initiated, but it had nothing to do with not wanting to be with her original sisters. In fact, a year after she joined, the chapter was closed (small numbers or something like that). She decided to try to reaffiliate with another chapter after she transfered schools. They couldn't allow her to, because of the total chapter limits in place or something like that(this was at a large, southern state university).

It's at this same university that I rushed my freshman year. Out of my rush group, 5 out of 25 girls ended up getting bids. The rest of us ended up dropping out. :)

I think that most people don't fully realize the pressure that is put on girls who rush at the larger state universities, especially those in the southern United States. There are not nearly enough spots available, sometimes not even HALF the number. I'm not saying it's right to initiate at a smaller college and then transfer, but I can see how they think it is the easy way out. In my opinion, most of the larger state universities need more sororities, but that's just my two cents.

The one thing I did want to clear up though is that not everyone who affiliates at other schools is doing it because the chapter is better there. We have a bunch of girls(like 5) affiliating with our chapter in the fall. And I know that these girls are not just affiliating because they wanted to be a DG on my campus. They all have been in their chapters for over a year and one even has a sister who we initiated with out even knwing she was a legacy. And that is actually why she is transfering, to be with her sister. The girl who is transfering was initated before her sister and we pledged her sister without even knowing she was a leg. So i am sure if we would have pledged her sister we would have pledged her too. But then again we have meet all the girls transfering and even if one of them is transfering just to be a DG at my school we would have bid her anyways because we met all the girls and well they are wonderful and are going to be great additions to my chapter. Like someone else said these girls are my sister no matter what chapter they were initated in they are DG's. And i can only speak for my chapter but as long as the girl is in good financial standing and the chapter of her initiation had not problems with her we let her in. We were told this is how we are supposed to do it. But then again we have never had a girl try to affiliate that we could not see in my chapter.

On another note. I took offence to the coments made about DG's at other schools not being so good. Now I understand that ever Organization has great chapters and not so great chapters but there is a reason that each girl chooses a certain sorority. I just do not feel that people on here should be saying negative things about other sororities. I mean maybe the reasons I choose DG were very superficial, but people choose for other reasons. And even if you mean no harm from what you are saying it could definatly hurt someones feelings, esspecially someone from the house you are talking about. And I just want people to remember that when talking about a national sorority there are many different chapter with many differnet types of girls, so try to not generalize and say we see XYZ as the "ugly girls". Plus who is to say who is attractice or not. Differnet parts of the country do consider certain looks more or less attractive. I guess my point is try not talking crap about houses, it is just not nice. You would never tell someone to their face that they are the house with the ugly girls or guys so why would you say that here!!!

As a sister of Delta Gamma on UNF campus, i'm appalled by your blatent, if not intentional, disrespect of our chapter. Maybe you weren't trying to be malicious, but it sounded exactly like that.

Like others have said, you have no way of knowing the inner workings of our bidding and new member period. I would like to think that before a chapter initiates a new member they take the time to get to know the person. I feel that I would be able to recognize the type of person that would do something as low as rushing with an alterior motive. I believe that someone that would do these type of things would not meet our criteria.

It's funny how you compliment DG on having the best sisterhood after you get flamed for first disrespecting us like this. Nice attempt at saving face. You said yourself that you don't really associate with any sisters currently; that you're more of a AXO and ZTA guy now. So, whatever you know about our sisterhood is based on what... hearsay? I am more likely to accept a compliment like that from someone who actually communicates with us on more than a Homecoming/ Greek Week/ Intramural level.

I appreciate your bringing this topic to light, but I feel that you should stick to what you know. No offense but you're a guy and don't know what it's like to go through women's formal recruitment or new member period.

SailorchicDG
Delta Gamma
Eta Delta Chapter

Ok, so I haven't quite run out of things to say... maybe it's because you are talking about my SISTERS, though!

The thing is, yeah, there are going to be chapters with different reputations, and I've said this many times before. Harvard has an incredibly wonderful DG chapter based on leadership and intelligence, while USC (in Cali) had a MOVIE based on their chapter because they're the beautiful stereo-typical sorority girls (and, might I add, both chapters win awards at convention!). The thing is, and maybe fraternities don't have this as much as sororities, but our chapters mix... a LOT. Our ATC and faculty advisor are both from different chapters (Gamma Zeta and Gamma Alpha). We hold founder's day with Furman and Clemson. All chapters trade t-shirts and talk online! We have the same rituals, the same history, and sometimes even the same problems. Delta Gamma, as a whole, is one of the strongest national female fraternities around. And I love to be one. So, I really don't like the fact that my sisters are being bad-mouthed right now. Because they are just that... MY SISTERS. Even though I may have never met them, we've gone through the same things, and that makes our bonds special. Sorry for the cheese, but just had to put that in.

Well I am transferring, but they don't have my chapter at my new school which is okay with me. I would hate to be from the South-- sounds like it is all about money and looks. SO on both those counts I would have been cut right away.

I'm wondering, if you have voluntarily resigned from sorority at a college (because the chapter was getting a very bad rep.) then later transfer to a larger school, can you "rejoin" that sorority?

You would need to check with your HQ. If you left chapter #1 and was not in good standing, you may need to take steps to reinstate yourself before you consider affiliation.

There are also chapters out there who say straight up that they don't take transfer members wishing to affiliate. (ETA: I think it's funny that the OP mentioned the UNF DG who rushed at UNF knowing that she was going to affiliate with UF DG. Only it's been said by many here on GC that the UF DG chapter does not take in affiliates. Based on the OP's history of pulling things out of his ass, I'm sure this was the case 6 years ago, only we didn't know it back then.)

It all depends, but your HQ would know for sure.

No matter the reason, once you resign from an npc, it is final. You may not rejoin. Contact hq to see if there is an appeals process to reinstate membership.

UNFSigmaChi - I've got lots of friends at Florida and from what I hear your chapter isn't exactly the greatest around and I'm pretty sure there are (or were?) some of your guys that affiliated at UF where EX is a top 3 house. I wouldn't throw stones in this case if I were you.

CB Dear, the OP started this thread in 2002 and hasn't posted since 2003. :p

I know this is a super -old thread, but it happens all the time.

Well thank you, I saw there were posts today and I kinda wondered how a thread this long happened without me seeing it, that kinda explains it.