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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Well, we have to go with the terminology that the organizations use. I can see how that might be your conception of honorary, but many organizations seem to feel differently. Whether those initiated after college should be called "honorary" or not, the fact is they often are. My fraternity's constitution, for example, provides for four classes of membership: probationary (pledge), collegiate, alumnus and honorary.
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My org has similiar groups, tho for us we call them pledge, active, alumni, and honorary. There is a further group: advisor. Some advisors are former actives, some aren't. Those that aren't, go thru the initiation ceremony, but obviously not the pledge program. Those advisors who stop being advisors become alumni.
As we allow grad students to pledge & be active, its possible to go from alum to being active by being a student and joining the chapter at that school as an active. (this is probably rare, but can happen).