Graduate Students as Collegians
 

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Do you mean go through rush as a grad student, or stay active in the chapter as a grad student if you're already a sister?

I mean go through a COR. I wouldn't suggest Rush because not all organizations would be receptive to a grad student and that would be hard on someone.

I know my chapter of AOII here at Ole Miss does not allow a graduate student to become a collegiate member. She could think about Alumnae Initiation maybe. We have allowed some 5th year seniors to stay active.

JocelynC is right, Phi Sigma Sigma allows grad students to become active collegians.:)

This has been my experience as well concerning AOII.

I know this is possible with AOII. I have talked to several advisors who say it is allowed in the constitution and by-laws of the International Fraternity. I am sure this is not widely known and also not a very popular thing to do for many reasons.

CaliPhiSig03, does this happen often and how is the response when it is brought up? Do you know anyone who has expereinced it or do you just know it is possible?

Hi There,

I am a sister of CaliPhiSig and I was a graduate student who became a founder of our chapter. I'm not sure how much it happens across the US and Canada at other Phi Sig chapters but our chapter has had quite a few women become collegians as a grad student. A lot of it is going to depend on the demographics of the campus - we're a commuter campus with an average age in the mid to low 20's so that makes a difference.

I know that I have written in a couple of forums about my fantastic experiences as a 30 something Graduate Student active as a collegian. Also, PhiSigScooby has written about her experiences. What you might want to do is do a search using our names and then look for forums that would seem to be about graduates as collegians. I know there is at least one in Rush, one in the Phi Sig forum and I think a few other areas in chit chat.

Carolyn

No for DPhiE. Only undergraduates. I'm sure Grad Students could seek alumnae initiation if they had in some way served the sorority.

ADPi accepts undergraduate members only for collegiate membership.

There was a pretty recent discussion about this, involving questions of the workload that some graduate students face and how not all Masters programs are created equally. It also had to deal with actually going through Rush as a graduate student.

Maybe these two can be merged?

Good thing there's that search button. Here it is.

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...aduate+Student

Actually, according to the Constitution of AOII (which I actually have with me - which is rather sad!), alumnae members enrolled as an undergraduate OR graduate student at a school with an AOII chapter MAY affilliate with that chapter -- at the discretion of said chapter (for the graduate student alumna - undergrads can affliate if they want to). Basically the collegiate chapter make that call but nothing says they HAVE to accept graduate students into the collegiate chapter - and as a graduate student I can also see why many graduate students would not pursue collegiate membership because of the time and money obligations.

Just a side note to Roquemae - be careful at how your word statements about what other fraternities allow and don't allow. Just because several advisors say something does not mean that it is completely true. I would recommend to only make statements about your own fraternities policies and procedures rather than delving into another fraternities. . . .

Sarah

Roqueemae,

Well my sister responded to you before I could, and she's a lot more helpful than I am since she's experienced this. As far as the response to this, I can only speak for my chapter, but we're totally open to having grad students join our collegiate chapter. It adds even more diversity to our chapter!