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Originally posted by 33girl
Do you really think it's a good plan to initiate a woman who may or may not have collegiate sorority experience (i.e. she was in a local) to advise a brand new chapter that has a lot of questions?
I mean, I know that groups want advisors for the chapters that live near the chapters, but why does a collegian have to wait x number of years after graduating to do so, and an alumna initiate can jump right into advising?
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I've known many women who became advisers after AI. There are pros/ cons to having someone advise who never was a collegiate member. First, they don't have a personal relationship with the collegiate members (that is the primary reason not to be an adviser immediately after graduation. Pi Phi does allow new grads to advise chapters with permission but in general, it is preferred that they not advise their own chapter) Secondly, things change. Pi Phi recently went to a new officer structure and had revised the undergraduate program last year. It is vastly different from the experience and expectation I had as an undergrad. Equating a collegiate experience from even 5 years ago won't help you answer questions. A willingness to listen, mature problem-solving ability and attending fraternity training sessions can help anyone be a better adviser and that does not require having lived in the house 10 years ago. Besides, AI advisers don't fall into the trap of "we've always done it this way" or "my chapter did it this way" pitfalls of advising.