what happens when a greek transfers?
 

I was just wondering...
Say some goes to college, becomes a member of a non-local sorority, and then transfers. Would the person be able to join the chapter of the sorority they are a member of at their new school?
I was just wondering because I have a friend who was a NPC sorority at one college and left because of family money problems, and now she's going back to school, but she's transferring to a college in our hometown which has a chapter of the sorority she is in, but I didn't know if she could join that chapter or not.
If this is private info, just let me know:)

I believe that all the NPC groups have an affilation process for transfer students. Your friend should contact her national office for the correct procedure.

Yep PnguinTrax is right. Contacting the headquarters is probably the best thing to do.

When I transferred to another school, I wanted to take part in the Deltasig chapter here, and had to contact headquarters and the chapter at this school and had no problem affilating with the chapter... but my case is kind of different because Delta Sigma Pi is a professional co-ed fraternity and not an NPC or IFC organization.

i've seen many a transfer in my day... i haven't seen problems with it, fortunately. what happens is you talk to your HQ then they will arrange to talk to the chapter.. usually the reception is with open arms! :)

thanks, I will pass the word on:)

We just had to great girls affiliate with out chapter this past spring. The way it works for Tri Delta is there has to be a semester where the transfering girl is at your school, but not affilated yet with you chapter, she just hangs out and gets to know you and your chapter gets to know her. Then at the end of the semester we vote on whether or not ask her to affilate with out chapter. It wasn't an issue for us, we love both our new sisters, but I can imagine situations where it wouldn't work for the chapter or the memeber to affiliate and in that case I think they would go alum.

In AXD the new chapter does not have a choice on whether she can affiliate. The idea is, a sister is a sister, and you should trust your sisters on other campuses to pick good ones. However, the chapter she left can prevent her from affiliating - don't know if that happens much.

In reality, if a transfer doesn't fit in with her new chapter, she'll usually voluntarily choose not to affiliate. There are some schools, I understand, where chapters are completely inundated with transfers, but I don't know much about that myself.

frat transfers
 

My Big Brother transfered to our chapter (RIT) from our chapter at Cornel. He went active here and since he is from an older chapter he has the highest pin out of all of us, ever.
I'm sure it happens all the time

I affiliated after transferring schools and it was a wonderful experience. I was really nervous at first, but I was very much welcomed with open arms. Twice the sisters -- and now -- twice the alumni newsletters!

As far as what all I had to do, I had to prove that I was a member in good standing and that I didn't owe money to the previous chapter. The adviser from my initiating chapter provided that. Good luck to you or whoever you are asking for!

My chapter never had anyone transfer in or out when I was there, so I'm not sure how we do things.

Question... What happens if a sister in an NPC sorority transfers and wants to affiliate with the chapter at her new school, but that chapter is at total and her affiliating would push it over total? Is an exception made, does she have to wait until the chapter is under total again, or what?

The chapter I affiliated with was at total but it didn't affect anything since I was an initiated member. Had I been a pledge who had transferred, I'd have had to re-rush.

bumping this in light of some recent discussions about transferring and affiliating that took place

That's how it worked for me as well.

I know it sounds sucky, but even though we are sisters, there are differences from chapter to chapter that can sometimes be immense. I know that had I transferred, there are chapters I wouldn't have fit in with, and vice versa.

Better to not affiliate than pay tons of dues to a chapter that you feel uncomfortable in and don't enjoy. And better for the chapter to not affiliate a girl, rather than affiliate her out of politeness and then have her always be on the outside of all those "unofficial" things that make being in a sorority fun.

I think the voting thing is okay, because honestly, a girl initiated at one chapter may not have anything in common with another chapter. For example, my initiating chapter is about 60 miles away from another Gamma Phi chapter, and we've had several girls transfer to that school, but choose not to affiliate - our chapters are very very different: 20 sisters v. 120, tiny house v. mansion on a lake, etc. Ignoring those differences, the chapters are composed of very different types of girls. Yes, they are still our sisters in Gamma Phi Beta, but that's about all we have in common. I briefly thought about transferring to that school and I know I wouldn't have affiliated if I had - I just wouldn't have fit in. I think it's a little silly for us to be so sunshiney to assume that every XYZ all over the country would fit in with every XYZ chapter - it's just not true.

I would have to agree with the last two posts. I got lucky that the two chapters I was part of were pretty similiar because there are ones I would not have fit into either.

I know that Tridelt has actually voided this voting process and a sister is a sister no matter where she initiated; this changed something last fall becuase of many girls not being voted into transfer membership. From what I was told by an ex-traveling DDD consultant from U of Florida chapter, that some girls predominantly in the south (sorry southerners, that is what told me) many girls will pledge at a less-successful chapter and then transfer to a better chapter at a different school. These girls at the new school would then rarely vote transfer membership for their transplanted sister. I couldn't believe this when she told us and the lengths some girls would go to be a XYZ at a specific chapter. My chapter has had several transfers while I was there and it was never a question if we would vote them in but some girls didn't fit into the chapter as well as others did. Different chapters have different dynamics and personalities that they attract so I can understand that some transfers are not going to mesh well with their new chapters.

Yea I definately think it's crazy the lengths that some people will go to be an XYZ at a specific school... no matter where you go or what the chapter is like, they are still your sisters no matter what, so I guess that's why it makes me sad that some people say stuff like "I just pledged and I've decided to transfer.. where are the good chapters of XYZ?" :(

On a happier note, my chapter recieved 2 transfer sisters this semester and we are so excited to have them here! They are wonderful girls and we are happy to have them with our chapter :)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by texas*princess
[B]Yea I definately think it's crazy the lengths that some people will go to be an XYZ at a specific school... no matter where you go or what the chapter is like, they are still your sisters no matter what, so I guess that's why it makes me sad that some people say stuff like "I just pledged and I've decided to transfer.. where are the good chapters of XYZ?" :(


Texas Princess,
I am definitely feeling you on that one especially due to some recent posts.

I understand why they would do voting and the semester waiting time. This semester, we had a girl transfer over from another school. She was already Phi Sig, we let her in, now she has caused us nothing but grief, getting us in trouble for dirty rushing (well almost in trouble) steering away potentials with what she says, trying to over run our executive board with everything she wants to do and change. We have been at our chapter longer and she doesnt like that we are a small chapter, at 20. She came from 100 girls. She said we need to change our image, I DONT THINK SO!! If people dont like us for who we are, tough poopy! So sometimes I do think it is necessary to get to know someone and then vote them in.

Yes, at Univ of Florida, the sororities vote on anyone who wants to affiliate. They've been doing it this way for at least 20 years.

And it is true - many girls pledge sororities at smaller schools then come to UF, expecting to join the house there. But, sometimes, they get voted down.. not a happy ending.

Finally...FAUNikki, why didn't you guys vote on this girl, before she came in?