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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna
If you withdrew from school, you should have had alumna status.  You may have been "kicked out" due to unpaid bills at the time.
Definitely contact your national/international office on this.
Much good luck to you!  |
My org has similar policies. I would think that any member who withdrew from school would automatically be granted early alumna status, and you could be reinstated at your new school, possibly if you pay off your debt to your old chapter?
However, if the bills piled up BEFORE you withdrew from school, like more than a semester of being in school and not paying dues, as opposed to being paid up when you withdrew from school, I could see why your chapter would have financially expelled you.
Did your chapter President and/or VP Finance make attempts to contact you or your family about the situation? Were you confronted about your unpaid bills and warned about financial expulsion? ( I understand that you and your family definitely had other, more important things on your mind, but I think it's very strange that they wouldn't have known your situation or tried to warn you.) I would think your badge and membership certificate would have to be collected to complete your expulsion too.
BOTTOM LINE: Each NPC has different policies, so you'll need to check your org's policies and figure out what happened and figure out if you are eligible to join your sorority's chapter at your new school.
As others have pointed out, you may not join another NPC, no matter what.