What about online student
 

I have sat here and read everyone post about deciding to switch sororities or which one to join? But no sorority in Georgia seems to want to give student like me who has a GPA over 3.0 with an accredited university a chance because I do not go to a ground college. It really sad but I am sure one day someone who is over a chapter in the Middle Georgia area will one day answer my email and invite an online student in as one of their sisters. Just wanted to vent I guess thanks for reading

You're welcome.

Because I hate when no one QFP'S :)

Wasnt there a post/thread about this somewhere already? I seem to remember us having this conversation with someone else (I think I turned into a trainwreck too).

I'm confused. Do you go to a school with an online program or do you go to a school like Phenoix near a university?

I go to a university and starting my JR year all my classes were online becasue its an online program.....

I'm wicked confused now.

But at the time you pledged Tri-Delta you were a full time student on your respective campus, taking classes on your campus were you not?

I think the OP goes to a school that is 100% online with no "on campus" courses, thus making her ineligible for membership in an NPC sorority. Beta Sigma Phi or Epsilon Sigma Alpha may be better avenues of pursuit for her.

True at the time i was a nursing major and changed it. But I'm still a part of the university even though I'm now technically in an online program THROUGH the university.

NPC groups are not allowed to give a bid to a student who is not full time at the college/university with which that chapter is affiliated. If you are full time at a college/university that has sorority chapters but all of your courses are online, and you are willing to be physically present on campus as needed for chapter meetings and events, this should not be a problem.

Your scenario is not clear whether you are matriculating at a school like University of Pheonix which does not have sororities or whether you're taking all online classes at a school like UGA.

If you're a full-time online student at a school like University of Pheonix or Kaplan University (to name two of the more well-known schools), you will not have the opportunity to join an NPC organization. This is due to the preferences of both for-profit educational institutions and the National Panhellenic Conference. Because there is no "campus" so to speak, risk management issues abound for both the University and the GLO, there are logistical problems with getting members together, for-profit universities see "Student Affairs" as a different entity than not-for-profit or public universities, to name a few reasons.

If there are GLOs on other, ground-based campuses in your area, you may not become a member because you are not a student at that institution.

Sorry. Community-based sororities may be an option but their rules differ than NPC and I don't know enough to speak to that.

agzg answered the question and the same goes for the NPHC as it pertains to online degrees (even if they have classroom-based courses) and community colleges.

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I have to say this because we don't know where the OP goes to school, but it makes me cringe reading about online degree programs (with and without classroom based courses)more and more everyday:
Regardless of what the commercials say, Strayer University is the only nontraditional/online degree program (also with classroom-based courses) that is taken even remotely seriously across academia and across disciplines--and even that depends on who you are competing with and where they got their degrees from. Strayer is also taken more seriously if you are getting an MBA or similar advanced degree (DON'T go to Strayer for a PhD--if they ever offer it) than if you are pursuing a bachelors. Also, regardless of what the commercials and what some people say, University of Pheonix, Kaplan University, and the countless other online programs that are lesser known should be avoided at all costs. I don't recommend them for bachelors degrees and I DEFINITELY don't recommend them for masters, mba, and doctoral degrees. You will be surprised how many people want to get PhDs from these places and think it will be a more convenient, quicker, and easier option for working adults--remember that everything that's convenient, quicker, and "easier" is that way for a BAD reason as well. Don't do it even if some of the professors are good. In most settings you will spend a good amount of time explaining away your choice of degree institution and trying to prove yourself.
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Agreed! Also credits earned at quite a few of them will not transfer to major universities and colleges (ie. Butler University, Unversity of Kentucky, Mississippi State, etc). Not to offend anyone but as my husband would say, "those places are a scam!"

Thank you!

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I know, veering more off-topic, but...

What about an online MA in Humanities program at a "normal" university? I'm thinking of the program at CSUDH - not sure if there's others like it. I wouldn't go for it unless I was a K-12 teacher or looking to add humanities credits so that I could teach additional subjects at a community college (I'm working on my MA right now in another subject)...it just seems sketchy to me...but if anyone has better insight about how those types of degrees from traditional institutions are received, I'd be interested in hearing!