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Did YOU join your sorority through a collegiate or alumnae chapter?
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For those who joined via the ALUMNAE chapter,
A. Did you apply for membership during your college years?
B. While waiting for the chance to join, what did you do in the meantime?
C. While others around you were becoming members, how did you stay focused on the mission of joining the sisterhood that you felt lead to pursue?
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A. No. I wasn’t ready.
B. Got my grades, community service and my attitude together.
C. Since I wasn’t really focused on others, keeping to my goal was wavy gravy
11 years from my initial interest period was a long time to wait but I kept busy with school, photography, volunteering, etc.. life in general, so I wasn’t sitting around biting my nails worrying. Staying focused was easy for me because the Sigma Gamma Rho mission was already incorporated in my life.
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To ALL BGLO Sorority members, what advice would you give those who were not chosen this year for membership?
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From my Soror PHDiva:
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Originally Posted by PhDiva
My best advise for SF who wish to become sorors is to
(1) Be discreet and thoughtful about your interactions with members. You can show your interest without being obnoxious about it. I am a SF turned soror and no one here knew of my interest in SGRho. I purposefully kept my interest to myself, to the members of the alumnae chapter I was interested in joining and a few friends - one a Delta who tried to talk me out of pledging SGRho (LOL) and a SGRho who helped me get in contact with the alumnae chapter in my area.
(2) Do your service and make yourself the best applicant possible. If you haven't done much service, get to work. If your interviewing skills are sub par, have a friend help you.
(3) Live your life. I'm a neo and I love SGRho to the fullest but I am also about to be married, have a full time job as a college professor, and have family that I spend time with. Learn how to balance your desire to become a member with the other priorities in your life. Esp. when you pursue membership in a grad chapter, you will find women balancing multiple commitments (work, kids, school, sorority).
(4) Stay positive and know that God doesn't close one door without opening another one. If this year you are rejected from pursuing membership, treat that as a learning experience. Tighten up your application and your communication skills and try again. Our organizations don't want women who give up on the first try.
Best wishes to all,
PhDiva
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AND SisterGreek PinkiesUp best sums it up:
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Rejection means look and see what you need to improve upon and if it's for you or in your heart, try again.
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