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Originally Posted by wildcat01
thanks for the input but to make it more clear i did initiate but wish to drop. was seeing if i am able to go anywhere else...but i hear from some of the people on head tablet that i can...then i hear i can't. anyone have a definite answer?
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Here's the quickest answer I know to give:
If the fraternity that you joined is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference, and if any other fraternity you want to join is also an NIC member, then you need to know that NIC by-laws require that member fraternities:
Be mutually exclusive of and in competition with other general fraternities, meaning that no member fraternity shall initiate a member of another fraternity until such time as the second fraternity shall have been formally notified in writing by the national office of the first fraternity that a candidate for membership in the second fraternity is no longer regarded as a member of the fraternity.
So, under NIC rules, you would have to have something in writing from "Fraternity A" (nationally) saying that you are no longer a member.
If you've jumped that hurdle, know that it is still possible that a fraternity in which you are interested will have its own policies that prohibit the initiation of anyone who has ever been a member of another fraternity, even if the guy in question is no longer a member of that other fraternity. Just because NIC by-laws say they can doesn't mean they have to, and many NIC fraternities choose not to.
If you've jumped
that hurdle as well, then know that many if not most chapters on your campus very well may not be interested in you. They will always view you as a member of "Fraternity A" (or they will always view you as a quitter, or both).